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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: QUIFF


 SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: QUIFF

PRONUNCIATION:
 (kuif) 
MEANING:
 (noun):
1. A tuft of hair brushed up above the forehead.
2. A woman considered as promiscuous.

ETYMOLOGY:
 For 1: Origin uncertain, perhaps from coif. Earliest documented use: 1890.
For 2: Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1923.

USAGE:


"Posters of the intrepid boy reporter with the quiff and funny pants plastered the city."
Claire Rosemberg; Spielberg 'Brings Tintin Home' Hollywood-Style; Agence France Presse (Paris); Oct 22, 2011.



Lady Supreme!!!!



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