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Scoff or SCOFF may refer to: Scoff, a colloquial term for the act of eating, usually quickly "Scoff" a song by Nirvana on their album Bleach; Scoff, a colloquial term for fellatio; SCOFF questionnaire, a questionnaire for screening eating disorders; Scoff, to express disgust or dismay at someone's bad behaviour or something else dismaying
The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition. There are numerous variations on the theme; when an individual with a reputation for failure finally succeeds, onlookers may sarcastically claim to see a flying pig. ("Hey look!
Lapas are commonly used as semi-open entertainment areas. rand (literally "edge", "rim" or "ridge"): also the name of the South African currency, named after the Witwatersrand (White waters' ridge) rooibos (literally "red bush"): a bush, endemic to South Africa, used to make a herbal tea also called rooibos; rondavel A round hut
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The "S" in SCOFF stands for "Sick" which in British English means specifically to vomit. In American English and Canadian English it is synonymous with "ill". The "O" is used in the acronym to denote "one stone". A "stone" is an Imperial unit of weight which made up of 14 lbs (equivalent to 6.35 kg). The letters in the full acronym are taken ...
Scoff at them. Dictionaries are descriptivist, and they're more than likely to put more support on your own claims. --Kjoon lee 16:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC) One thing you could use against him would be the difference in pronunciation between "blackboard" and "black board (a board which is black)."
The root word mock traces to the Old French mocquer (later moquer), meaning to scoff at, laugh at, deride, or fool, [3] [4] although the origin of mocquer is itself unknown. [5] Labeling a person or thing as a mockery may also be used to imply that it or they are a poor quality or counterfeit version of some genuine other, such as the case in ...
In an encore “20/20” airing Dec. 27 at 9 p.m. ET, the show, which originally aired in 2023, tells the story of Julie Jensen, the mother of two who was found dead in her bed in 1998.