spiff
(noun) attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner; “he gets by largely on pure spiff”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spiff (countable and uncountable, plural spiffs)
(uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
(countable, dated) A well-dressed man.
(countable, commerce, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
(countable, colloquial, Jamaica) Alternative form of spliff (“hand-rolled marijuana cigarette”)
spiff (third-person singular simple present spiffs, present participle spiffing, simple past and past participle spiffed)
(transitive, informal) (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
(transitive, commerce, slang) To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
(transitive, commerce, slang) To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)
(transitive, informal) To throw; to heave.
• spruce (as in spruce up)
• piffs
Source: Wiktionary
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
