nuff nuff
n.— «You’d have to be a complete nuff nuff to put an unopened tin of baked beans in for 10 minutes, wouldn’t you? Everyone knows they’re done in two.» —“Boys in Bandland” by Andrew Daddo Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia) Dec. 10, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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