guyver
/ˈɡʌɪvə/(also guiver or gyver)
noun [mass noun] Australian /NZ informal
Ingratiating or affected speech or behaviour: what’s all this guyver about the going being tough?...
- I s'pose the wimmin git some sorter fun, wiv all this guyver, an' 'is nibs's shirt.
- I wouldn't want you to get stuck-up and start putting on the gyver and forgetting your own.
- The first mode of attack, to save money, is to see that Parliament is not overloaded with all this nonsense, all this dressing up and all this guyver.
Origin
Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.