naff

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"Companion book" sounds a bit naff, apologies, but it's the best way to describe it.

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  1. adjective Chiefly British Slang Unstylish, clichéd, or outmoded.
  2. intransitive verb Chiefly British Slang To fool around or go about: "naffing about in a tutu” (Suzanne Lowry).
  3. phrasal verb naff off Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.

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  • In the last few years, we've seen the following game shows return - Bullseye, Family Fortunes, Going for Gold & Gladiators being four of them, but they're often always quite naff, and a departure from the original (for example, Going for Gold now doesn't feature people from througout Europe). —  The Gospel According To Rhys
  • "Companion book" sounds a bit naff, apologies, but it's the best way to describe it. —  Irish Blogs
  • No niff naff, no pissing around with unasnwered questions, finally a storyline is opened and resolved ... albeit in a rather macabre fashion.
  • Then I realised how naff it was and dropped it when the 'one man' stuff was borne. —  One Man Blogs
  • PS any way to skip the "please reword 'cos it's spam" when theres naff all spammy about the message. —  RealClimate
 

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  1. Possibly of dialectal origin.
  2. Origin unknown.
 

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