DARE entry for pluff

[Jesse Sheidlower]

I = idiot.

Sorry.

Jesse

On May 26, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> The discussion was taking place here, too, Jesse.
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> -Wilson
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> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 01:59:56PM -0500, Joan H. Hall wrote:
>>> DARE has an entry for "pluff" as an adjective, defined "Of mud: of a
>>> fine, silty texture." The etymology says it's from a southwestern
>>> English dialect term "pluff" or "pluffy" meaning soft or spongy. Our
>>> regional label is "Chiefly SC."
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>> Joan,
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>> Did you mean this to go to ADS-L? Or to the Lexicography list,
>> where the discussion on "plough mud" was taking place?
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>> Jesse Sheidlower
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