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Faffed vs Gaffed - What's the difference?

faffed | gaffed |

As verbs the difference between faffed and gaffed

is that faffed is (faff) while gaffed is (gaff).

faffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (faff)

    • faff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang) An unnecessary or over-complicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
    • Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff .
  • * 2011 , Patrick Kingsley, " Life with the Queen Mum revealed", The Guardian
    • Breakfast in bed at the royal household is a massive faff . A page boy must carry the tray upstairs, but he's banned from actually serving it. So he leaves it on the floor by the bedroom door, whereupon a housemaid picks it up and knocks on said portal.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity.
  • :She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.
    • I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.

    Usage notes

    * Particularly used with .

    Synonyms

    * (l) (American)

    gaffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gaff)
    • ----

    gaff

    English

    (wikipedia gaff)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * gaffe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
  • A minor error or faux pas.
    • We politely ignored his gaff .
  • A trick or con.
    • The sideshow feat was a just a gaff , but the audience was too proud to admit they'd been fooled.
  • (British, Irish, slang) A place of residence.
    • We're going round to Mike's gaff later to watch the footie.
  • (nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
  • A garment worn to hide the genitals by some trans people.
    • Synonyms
    * hakapik

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
  • To cheat or hoax

    • Derived terms

    * gaffer

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from (etyl)

    Noun

  • rough or harsh treatment; criticism
    • {{quote-book
    , year=1916 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burrows , title=Beyond Thirty (aka The Lost Continent) , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage="Numbers one, two, and five engines have broken down, sir," he called. "Shall we force the remaining three?" / "We can do nothing else," I bellowed into the transmitter. / "They won't stand the gaff', sir," he returned. / "Can you suggest a better plan?" I asked. / "No, sir," he replied. / "Then give them the ' gaff , lieutenant," I shouted back, and hung up the receiver. }}

    References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, gaff * New Oxford American Dictionary, gaff[2]

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