naff off

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Verb

naff off (third-person singular simple present naffs off, present participle naffing off, simple past and past participle naffed off)

  1. (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A mild version of fuck off
    • 2013 April 1 [1982], Melissa Mohr, quoting Anne, Princess Royal, Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 153:
      Princess Anne caused controversy when she told photographers to “naff off” in 1982.
    • 2003, “Mind Out”, in Asylum Speakers, performed by Foreign Beggars ft. Skrein:
      Oi, you cheeky slag / Naff off

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