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poof (n.1)
sound of a puff of breath or air, 1824, imitative.
poof (n.2)
"effeminate man, male homosexual," c. 1850, perhaps a corruption of puff. The Australian extended form poofter is attested from 1910.
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sound of a puff of breath or air, 1824, imitative.
poof (n.2)
"effeminate man, male homosexual," c. 1850, perhaps a corruption of puff. The Australian extended form poofter is attested from 1910.