Offy vs Oofy - What's the difference?
offy | oofy |
(slang) Wealthy, having lots of oof (money).
* 1896 ,
* 1907', John Brynildsen, ''Engelsk-Dansk-Norsk Ordbog'' / ''A dictionary of the English and Dano-Norwegian languages'', part II (N–Z), entry for ' oof , page 49 (
* 1909 , , The Prodigal Father , page 185 (
* 1934 , (
As a noun offy
is (ireland|british|slang) off-licence.As an adjective oofy is
(slang) wealthy, having lots of oof (money).oofy
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine , volume 160, page 727:
- … the glorious Tinman, or my oofy maiden-aunt; wouldn't she have jumped at me, if she had?
archive.org ebook):
- … oofy ['u·fi] sl som har megen Mønt …
Gutenberg ebook):
- Money isn't everything in this world. Youth and love and pluck are the main things. Hang it, what if you do get into debt occasionally? You've got a pretty oofy father-in-law.
Gutenberg ebook):
- This Tom has a peculiarity I've noticed in other very oofy men. Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk you can hear at Land's End. He has the stuff in gobs, but he hates giving up.