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Cotty wrote:
I suppose Cotty would scoff
C> Whenever I can.
Pardon me, but what is scoff?
Boris
Two meanings that I know of without looking in the dictionary, Boris.
1. Scoff as in eat a lot of food: 'he scoffed it all down like a greedy pig.'
and
2. Scoff as in turn your nose up: 'he scoffed at the idea of wearing the nipple-clamps.'
It's a play on words because where the original statement reads:
'I suppose Cotty would scoff'
the person posting intended for the definition to be as in illustration 2, above. I countered with:
'whenever I can'
and was twisting it around to use the definition as in illustration 1, above.
I think most non-Brits would associate 'scoff' with 2. However, all Brits would also associate 'scoff' with 1. Especially those that enjoy eating :-)
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