Poof

The term poof can be used in several ways:

as a British English term for a a large footstool (from the French word "pouf").
as another and perjorative English term for a gay man. "Bob – have you seen that poof in the corner with his orange juice?" See also British slang, faggot (slang).
as a term for an act of disappearance
as a term for something fluffy.

It is thought that the etymology probably dervies from puff.

This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.

Categories: Disambiguation