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• n  any light downy material
• n  something of little value or significance
• n  a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
• v  make a mess of, destroy or ruin
• v  erect or fluff up
• v  ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

• In the ideology of fluff "outrageous irony" plays a huge role in making the fluff look like news.
• In the ideology of fluff "outrageous irony" plays a huge role in making the fluff look like news.
• Finally, a giant contraption with three vacuumized tubes separates the quills from tiny bits of now pristine feather fluff.

• bagatelle
• frippery
• frivolity
• botch
• bodge
• bumble
• fumble
• botch up
• muff
• blow
• flub
• screw up
• ball up
• spoil
• muck up
• bungle
• bollix
• bollix up
• bollocks
• bollocks up
• bobble
• mishandle
• louse up
• foul up
• mess up
• fuck up
• ruffle
• tease

News & Articles

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• Grad student taking census of Wichita’s snowy egrets
  A pint-size gray fluff ball peeps its head out of its twig nest, only to see its own tiny reflection in a mirror.
  June 21, 2013 - The Wichita Eagle
• Brides Furious After Receiving Gift Basket for Wedding Gift
  A bride started a war of words after two guests bought her a "cheap and embarrassing" gift consisting of candy in a basket. Kathy Mason, from Hamilton, Ontario, and her boyfriend, created a food hamper for the same-sex couple. It was full of treats including pasta, olive oil, crutons, biscuits, Marshmallow Fluff and Sour Patch Kids. A card attached to the basket read, "Enjoy…life is delicious ...
  June 21, 2013 - Opposing Views
• PAWS ADOPTION OPTION: Fluff and Wilhemina, are people-oriented
  Hello, my name is Fluff. I know that is a silly name for a shorthaired cat, but you know humans: they give us cats the most ridiculous names sometimes. And I guess, well, really, it could be worse.  I could have been called Kitty, or Tiger, or … well, you get the idea. My daughter, on the other hand, has a nice, distinctive name: Wilhemina. But, more on her later.
  June 17, 2013 - Wakefield Observer

Quotes

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• Jim Zorn in International Herald Tribune
  I'm hoping there are going to be enough people in place in a supportive role that they can put out the fire before it gets to me,Zorn said. "Because I want to coach. I'm not here for fluff. I want to lead and I want to motivate."
• Kobe Bryant in International Herald Tribune
  It's a classic rivalry, one of the greatest rivalries in sports, and the country seems to be kind of re-energized by it, at least NBA fans,Bryant said. "I think (the past) adds more fluff for this week leading up to it, all the classic...
• Kelly Osbourne in Contactmusic.com
  Kelly explained: "We've named him Woody and he's only 10 weeks old, and probably weighs less than a pound. He's the cutest ball of fluff I've ever seen - other than Sid of course!"