Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whuffo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whuf-fo
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Pronunciation spelling of what for.

American usage; Colloquial

noun

A person who is not a skydiver.

Slang

Example Sentences

"[Alabaster:] Shhh, Uncle Pogo! We is lookin' for the Easter Bunny. [Pogo:] Whuffo you shushin' me? I isn't doin' nothin' but breathin'!"
"1959. Al Capp, Li'l Abner, March n.d. [Daisy Mae Yokum] Whuffo is yo' gittin' all dressed up, Li'l Abner?"
""There's a wonderful sense of camraderie among skydivers," Mr. Ottley said. "It's like a secret fraternity." Initiates speak easily of "swooping" (joining a formation) and "funneling" (breaking one up). Outsiders are called "whuffos" -- shorthand for "What for you do that crazy stuff?" "You can always tell a whuffo right away," Mr. Ottley said. "They call the sport 'diving' instead of 'skydiving.' We think diving is what you do in a pool.""

Etymology

Contraction of what for.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wuffo (alternative) whuffos (plural)

Questions

What does whuffo mean?: Pronunciation spelling of what for.
Where does whuffo come from?: Contraction of what for.

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