单词 | naff all |
释义 | naff alln.adj. British colloquial. A. n. Nothing at all. Frequently euphemistic for fuck-all n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all noughtOE neither tip nor toe1610 nix1781 damn the haet1787 no nothing1815 zero1823 all1842 neither hide nor hair1857 zip1900 nixie1906 damn all1910 fuck-all1916 Fanny Adams1919 bugger-all1921 S.F.A.1933 not a sausage1938 shit1949 zilch1956 eff-all1958 sod all1958 diddly-squat1963 diddly1964 jack-all1965 niente1969 zippo1973 feck-all1975 hee-haw1975 naff all1977 jack squat1986 1977 D. Clement & I. La Frenais Further Stir of Porridge 149 I can imagine no possible circumstances where that piece of information would mean naff all to no one. 1986 Financial Times (Nexis) 28 May 18 OK, so he has tripled it... But what's three-and-a-half-times naff all. 1998 Balloons & Airships July 6/2 As the countdown reached ‘Zero–Fire!’, naff-all happened. B. adj. No; not any. ΚΠ 1995 Sunday Times 23 July (Sport) 14/5 It was vitriolic and unfair media coverage... ‘Naff All Respect’, screamed one story. 1997 XL for Men Aug. 41/2 As there was naff-all wind, Martin crashed out below deck to catch up on his sleep. 2000 Sun (Nexis) 28 Aug. There's naff-all money in that. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1977 |
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