Contextualizebeta

taffy

noun
/ˈtæ.fi//ˈtæfi/

Etymology

From Welsh Dafydd (“David”), a common Welsh name. Doublet of David. Or else from Welsh Taf, a river-name in South Wales.

  1. borrowed from Taf
  2. borrowed from Dafydd — “David”

Definitions

  1. A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter.

  2. Flattery.

    • […] if these statistices should seem to fail to tally with the facts, in places, do not nudge your neighbor, or press your foot upon his toes, or manifest, by any other sign, your awareness that taffy is being distributed.
    • Cut out the taffy. Who's your friend?

  3. Welsh person.

    • "Some people may find Taffy a bit derogatory but a lot of people are interested in displaying that on their vehicles. That's a way they can express their Welshness. But we haven't sold any plates with combinations of 'boyo'."
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A Welshman.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for taffy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA