Muff

Muff (plural Muffs)

1. A surname​.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Muff is the 22838^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1121 individuals. Muff is most common among White (76.81%) and Black/African American (19.54%) individuals.

• IPA^(key): /mʊf/

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From older Muffel, from Dutch muffel, from Old French moufle, Medieval Latin muffula.[1]

Muff m (genitive Muffs or Muffes, plural Muffe)

1. muff (piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm)

Back-formation from muffen.

Muff m (genitive Muffs or Muffes, no plural)

1. (colloquial, chiefly Northern Germany) stench, mouldy smell

   Synonyms: Gestank, Mief

   Unter den Talaren – Muff von 1000 Jahren

   Under the academic dresses – mouldy smell of 1000 years

   (famous slogan of the 1960s student movement in Germany)

   • 2007 November 9, Jon Mendrala; Philipp Dudek, “Schon 40 Jahre ohne Muff”, in taz‎:

     „Unter den Talaren – Muff von 1000 Jahren“ stand in weißer Schrift auf dem schwarzen Banner. […] Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung schrieb tags darauf, dass es schon seltsam sei, den Muff von 1000 Jahren anzuprangern – denn so alt sei die 1919 gegründete Universität doch gar nicht.

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• “Muff” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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