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The phrase "a poof" is grammatically correct but contextually sensitive in written English.
It can be used in informal contexts, often referring to a sudden disappearance or a light-hearted term for a gay man, though the latter usage may be considered derogatory.
Example: "The magician made the rabbit disappear in a poof of smoke."
Alternatives: "a puff" or "a flash".
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Marc Bolan's a poof".
"There's not that whole thing of, 'I can't wear that, I'd look like a poof', because you are a poof".
She says her colleagues called her "a poof" and refused to work shifts alongside her.
My shoulder devil immediately materialized with a poof and whispered quietly into my ear: "Take all of it!
I released a shot and saw it as a poof of smoke two feet above my target.
His dialogue was often spiced up by confused translation: in one episode, he refers to a demon as a "poof".
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This is a poof-of-concept analysis so it should be noted that this data set was not designed for an LCA, therefore, additional medical variables which may predict falling were not available.
What do you think I am, a... poof?
"It's so much wider than gay or bisexual men," says Stonewall's spokesman Richard Lane. "Men hear 'man up' and 'stop being such a poof'.
"Just on Saturday at a lower league game in Scotland I heard a player described as a 'poof' because he was wearing gloves on a cold February afternoon," said one reader.
Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has also admitted that, in the stands, if you "pull out of a tackle you're a 'poof'," while players use homophobic insults in the training ground.
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