"BUFF" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-BUFF.ogg [Australia] Forms: BUFFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BUFF (plural BUFFs)
  1. (slang, US, Air Force) Acronym of big ugly fat fellow (or fucker); US Airforce nickname for the B-52 bomber. Tags: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: big ugly fat fellow (extra: (or fucker); US Airforce nickname for the B-52 bomber) Related terms: SLUFF
    Sense id: en-BUFF-en-noun-byhsnKtG Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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