bouffy
/ˈbuːfi/(Australian alsoboofy)
adjective (bouffier, bouffiest) informal
1(Of a person’s hair) standing out from the head in a rounded shape: a middle-aged woman with a slightly bouffy bob nowadays teenage surfer boys are all sporting boofy hair-dos...
- He's wearing a polyester tracksuit top and has some whack bouffy hair.
- He is her dream tenant: clean nails, bouffy hair, embracer of laws of all kinds.
- Back to my hair though: topping off the vertical sides are some bouffy, slightly blonder curls which give an extra three inches to my height.
2(Of clothing) puffed out: she wore big boofy skirts and big hair and big accessories...
- Bear in mind that I need a theme that allows me to dress in a big bouffy dress.
- Sandy wore a pink bouffy Galliano that seemed to say "Take that!" to her estranged husband.
- The dresses were big bouffy tulle shapes, like huge belted tea-roses.
Origin
1960s: from bouffant + -y1.