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taffy

noun

taf·​fy ˈta-fē How to pronounce taffy (audio)
plural taffies
1
: a boiled candy usually of sugar, molasses or corn syrup, butter, and often vinegar and vanilla that is pulled until porous and glossy
2
: insincere flattery

Example Sentences

the magazine's profiles of showbiz celebrities tend to be pure taffy
Recent Examples on the Web The professional vacationer will be given a $10,000 stipend to cover travel expenses, and a $5,000 salary to spend on classic beachside snacks, like salt water taffy, frozen custard and snow cones. Emmy Abbassi, CNN, 31 July 2022 Think body-hugging tank dresses available in tonal hues (marble, ochre, almond, cocoa, gunmetal, and onyx) and an on-trend bubble-gum pink shade called taffy. Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 28 July 2022 There’s an abundance of it at Buc-ee’s, including cinnamon gummy bears and several varieties of salt water taffy. Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al, 22 July 2022 Charcuterie, but with mini funnel cakes, mini corn dogs, salt water taffy, cotton candy, caramel corn and popcorn corn topped with a sprinkle of colored candies. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022 Tootsie Roll still thrives selling its chocolate taffy candy 115 years after its 1907 debut. Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 18 May 2022 Sagittarius A* is stretching some nearby celestial objects like taffy, as black holes are wont to do, but those objects are hundreds of times bigger than models predict. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 May 2022 Among naked-rat nobles, the blood-filtering organ, which houses, nurtures, and manufactures a menagerie of immune cells, tends to be quite buxom and elongated, as if pulled lengthwise like taffy. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2022 At last night’s Grammy awards, best progressive R&B album nominee Eric Bellinger skipped a shirt beneath his taffy green suit. Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

circa 1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of taffy was circa 1817

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