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waff

/wæf/obsolete

waff is spelled W-A-F-F: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, waff means “A warm and fuzzy feeling, especially in relation to a ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in waff?

Letters4: W-A-F-F
In writingabout once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is waff?

Waff appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce waff?

  • /wæf/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of waff

  • waffs present, singular, he/she/it
  • waffing participle, present
  • waffed participle, past
  • waugh

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does waff mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

as WAFF
  1. 1

    datedslangA warm and fuzzy feeling, especially in relation to a ship.

  2. 2

    datedslangSuch feelings collectively.

verb

  1. 1

    UKarchaicTo bark; to woof.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does waff come from?

Acronym of warm and fuzzy feeling(s). Reportedly coined by fans of the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997). First attested on alt.tv.lois-n-clark as part of a fandom glossary in January 1996.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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