Guff

According to the Oxford Dictionary, Guff is a piece of 'Scottish slang' - one of many harsh, guttural noises the Celts have unsuccessfully attempted to pass off as a real word. In the tongue of these backwards highland people, 'Guff' has two meanings:


 * 1) foolish talk or ideas.
 * 2) an unpleasant smell.

Scottish people are of course intimately familiar with both of these things.

But how is guff relevant to Doctor Who General, you ask?

The answer lies with the notorious tripfag Asher, who discovered the word 'guff' and incorporated it into his "charming" idiolect. During his brief stay on /who/, Asher used the word 'guff' no less than 17 times (yes, someone went to the trouble of counting). In his absence, other anons have continued to use the word, perhaps as a homage to him, or perhaps as a mockery. Either way, 'guff' has become an important part of the /who/ vocabulary. As well as being used for its intended meaning, it is also deployed as a funny-sounding spam phrase in the vein of 'Binge' and 'Nilso'.