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Ooff vs Oofy - What's the difference?

ooff | oofy |

As an interjection ooff

is .

As an adjective oofy is

(slang) wealthy, having lots of oof (money).

ooff

English

Interjection

(en-intj)
  • * 2013 , Thomas W. Dawson, The Mystery of the Old Gold Mine (page 208)
  • Quickly he turned back, his shoes digging in, churning up the sand as he scurried along the beach. The next thing he knew—ooff —he was flat on the ground, his head slamming against the sandy surface.

    oofy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Wealthy, having lots of oof (money).
  • * 1896 , 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?
  • * 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 ( archive.org ebook):
  • oofy ['u·fi] sl som har megen Mønt …
  • * 1909 , , The Prodigal Father , page 185 ( 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.
  • * 1934 , ( 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.

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