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Guff Guf Noun Nonsense Insolent Talk Imitative Earliest

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guff /guf/
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noun
1. Nonsense.
2. Insolent talk.

[Perhaps imitative. Earliest documented use: 1825.]

“Management literature is full of guff about how entrepreneurs should embrace failure as a ‘learning experience’. But being punched in the face is also a learning experience.” - Entrepreneurs Anonymous; The Economist (London, UK); Sep 20, 2014. 

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