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What is naff off?
like saying piss off but in a more joking and friendly term. Usually used when someone is making a rude (but joking) remark about you.
'ooo you look grumpy'
'naff off'
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Naff off - what is it?
It's a classier version of bite me in that it's literal meaning is "Go away, asshole" but it is usually said to someone you like in a joking manner.
According to Fowlers, Princess Anne said it to a bunch of reporters sometime in the 1980's.
It's really obscure. Princess Anne and I are the only ones I know who say it.
"So, I was reading the comics this morning and noticed that Cathy is dieting for her wedding just like you are!"
"Oh, naff off..."
What does "naff off" mean?
a kinder way of telling someone to "fuck off", was first used in the book "Kes", but popularised in the british tv series "porridge", a comedy series about a prison and its occupants. Norman Stanley Fletcher used it constantly as a way of getting around tv censorship.
got any snouts fletch?,,, Naff off your erk no I aint!