Piff-Paff

Responding to our chat about tchotchkes, or “knick knacks,” a listener says they have heard such trinkets called piff-paff in England. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Piff-Paff”

We got an email from Whitney Quisenberry, who was responding to our conversation about tchotchkes, you know, those little knickknacks.

Whitney says, did you know in England they’re also called piff-paff, as in my grandmother’s corner cupboard is packed with piff-paff from her holidays.

Piff-paff.

Yeah.

Yeah, I’ve always thought of that term as a term for jargon.

You know, sort of it comes from the interjection, piff, you know, this poof.

Piff path.

Oh, I like that.

That also sounds like the name of a baby dragon.

Little piff path with his puffs of smoke.

Love it.

Send us your piff path.

877-929-9673.

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