taffy
(noun) chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
taffy (countable and uncountable, plural taffies)
(US) A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar.
(informal) Flattery.
• Taffy is similar to toffee, which is a hard candy, but taffy is a soft candy.
Taffy (plural Taffys or Taffies)
(slang, sometimes, pejorative) A Welshman.
Source: Wiktionary
Taf"fy, n. Etym: [Prov. E. taffy toffy.]
1. A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in England, toffy.]
2. Flattery; soft phrases. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
