The phrase "a bit of puff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to something that is exaggerated or inflated, often in terms of importance or value.
Example: "The article was just a bit of puff, lacking any substantial evidence to support its claims."
Alternatives: "a little hype" or "some fluff".
Britain's recovery has lost a bit of puff, but strong employment growth suggests that expansion will continue.
And yet I'm not sure this Repetitive Restaurant Disorder is much more than a bit of puff invented by PRs trying to flog an app.
Sauteed shrimps circling a bit of puff pastry topped with chopped ripe avocado and tomato made another successful starter, and almost as good, a mound of clean, refreshing marinated salmon tartare arrived on wafers of cool cucumber.
They know the problems people get into after alcohol, and they know the problems people get into after a bit of puff.
Normal lads who think it's OK to smoke a bit of puff, only to find themselves selling their bodies for doobies a week later.
For me, I just had a bit of puff in my nips that made me embarrassed to take my shirt off.
As often as he was acknowledged as one of the most talented soccer players America has ever produced, historically he was also perceived as being soft, petulant, churlish, a bit of a puff pastry.
After a bit of huffing and puffing, the e-mail closed with: "This notice is NOT to ask you to remove the review.
So students come in, my legs are in stirrups, right at the point of the pushing – so a bit of huffing and puffing goes on, then there's a little silence when you catch your breath before the next contraction and more huffing and puffing.
There was a bit of huffing and puffing as Irish brought on Barry Everitt and reshuffled the midfield, with Mark Mapletoft moving to inside centre, but the 14-point gap proved beyond a side that has made late recoveries something of a trademark.
This is real detox - and all it costs is a bit of boot leather and puff.
