There are unpleasant words, although if you do not know their meaning, you can not determine whether they are pleasant or not, right? Yes, that’s the task. In any case, the sound remains. And it can cause subconscious protest or some other negative emotions. Such is our today's object - the word "puffy". This is the noun that gives rise to a variety of associations and thoughts. Put an end to them, find out the true meaning and origin of the word.
Mice are useful not only in the laboratory
A strange subtitle, however, it reflects the essence of the phenomenon. Judging by the etymological dictionary, the object of study is of Slavic origin, but in no language does it mean anything good. And in Ukrainian, Polish and Czech, the word is associated with dirt, filth and filth:
- In Ukrainian, “pugavik” is “reptile, reptile”, and “pugavik” is “mouse, rat”.
- In Czech, plihati means "drag, drag, wallow in the mud."
- In Polish, plugawy is "dirty, nasty, dirty."
That is, in the person who is called so, there must be something vile, sticky and dirty. But that’s not all: the shabby one is like a rat, a mouse or a reptile. There must be either an external resemblance or an internal sensation from the object of perception. True, there is still a restriction in complexion: a person in the body, even if he is at least thrice disgusting, cannot be called "puffy." Such treatment will distort the original meaning.
Like it or not, a puggy one is not only a state of mind.
Value
In order to somehow determine the possible complexion of the object of insult (why is this a curse, it will become clear very soon), you need to open an explanatory dictionary and see what he hides from us. Let us see the meaning of the object of study: "plain, thin, miserable in appearance." There is a note that this is "dismissive and vernacular." By the way, so as not to offend any real people, we will use examples from films and fiction. Two characters are asking at once - Gollum and Peter Pettigrew. No wonder the latter turned into a rat. Here the connection between language and image is obvious. Well, Gollum (or Gollum)? Everything is clear with him: power corrupts and makes even the one who was a cute hobbit plugy. As they say, his example is another science.
suggestions
Since fiction cannot hurt anyone, then this line can be continued and compose sentences with the meaning of the word "shabby":
- Listen, we have a new postman. The feeling of him is so strange, as if you are dealing with a reptile - horror! And if in a word, then the puffy one is very unpleasant.
- How to imagine a puggy person? Very simple. Imagine what a rat could look like in human form, or imagine what a man with a rat soul could be.
- A puggy young man came up to the beauty and introduced himself as Andrei, and at that very moment she swore to get acquainted on the Internet.
All events are fictitious, and online dating, as a rule, is harmless, if you approach them wisely.
Synonyms
Does anyone dislike long explanations? Perfectly! For them we have a list of synonyms. They will add to the meaning of “puggy”:
- thin;
- miserable;
- plain;
- awkward;
- nondescript;
- unsightly.
There are, of course, other words that could replace the object of study. But we will stop on these. They are not so pronounced sign of the ugliness of man. Puffy is a characteristic of an appearance that freezes somewhere between an average appearance, unremarkable, and outright ugliness. Therefore, using strong epithets to define an adjective means distorting the truth. We would not like that.
In any case, it is worth remembering the characteristics of the explanatory dictionary and without the need not to use the word. Moreover, the reader has a whole battery of synonyms, which, if necessary, can nominate a worthy candidate from his ranks.