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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I get confused every time I see the word "chuffed" because i have no idea if becoming chuffed is a good or bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's mostly delighted or pleased, although it can occasionally mean the opposite, especially in the military. I believe it started off as "proud." This bunny is delighted and proud of his new rug.

I'm amazed he knows how to use a litterbox and not just poop everywhere. That's probably how he earned his nice rug!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Apparently it's a thing you can train them to do with a bit of effort. You cna train some birds too.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Chuffed is slang for very pleased in the UK. More specifically it's when something good has just happened to you that's causing you to grin uncontrollably like a lunatic.

As my crude father would say: "I'm chuffed to buggery!"

Although buggery is a bad thing on its own, when combined with chuffed it's like a +1 enchantment instead.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Satisfied. Smug but not in a negative way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's the most negative-sounding positive word, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

A very British trait.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Especially when someone gets "chuffed to bits"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have the same reaction to nonplussed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Up the chuff = good, down the chuff = bad

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

So you're chuffed about it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

"Chuff" in the context of rock climbing = bad, made an effort but didn't get very far / fell a lot