pooftah

One American dictionary, which I cannot identify, apparently defines the British slang term pooftah as "a lady's man" (possibly a misfire for "an effeminate man," a secondary sense nowadays, after "a male homosexual").

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 2 1992

That's because you're a "damn liberal panty waste pooftah tree hugger," Cameron.

Afstan and Canadian politics: BQ beats NDP; Liberal is? 2007

The posts that I've objected to in the past are of the "damn liberal panty waste pooftah tree huggers" generalizing variety.

Afstan and Canadian politics: BQ beats NDP; Liberal is? 2007

Look … as if it wasn't bad enough that Obama doesn't wear the requisite number of American flag lapel pins, but now we find out that he's a lisping pooftah to boot?

The Moderate Voice 2009

or should I say pooftah - both men suddenly found God, and he was a Southern Baptist.

08/16/2007 2007