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(UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.

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  • “The fact that 18% of California's electorate thinks Steve Hilton--an vapid, toff wanker with zero experience, zero abilities, and zero capacity to do anything useful--is quite the indictment.”

  • “Republicans love vapid toff wankers. They expect nothing less.”

  • “Dawn Neesom must have said 'glass of fizz' 10 times already....snobby toff.”

I came home first classup the front end with the toffssemi-anaesthetised throughout the trip by caviar and free champagneand to hell with frugality and the conservation of resources.
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  • “The fact that 18% of California's electorate thinks Steve Hilton--an vapid, toff wanker with zero experience, zero abilities, and zero capacity to do anything useful--is quite the indictment.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Republicans love vapid toff wankers. They expect nothing less.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Dawn Neesom must have said 'glass of fizz' 10 times already....snobby toff.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(obsolete) An elegantly dressed person.

Last week down our alley came a toff, / Nice old geyser with a nasty cough, / Sees my missus, takes his topper off, / Quite in a gentlemanly way
Origin: Probably an alteration of tuft, referring to the gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
For parents

"toff" means: An elegantly dressed person.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.

For ESL learners

"toff" means: An elegantly dressed person.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (obsolete) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.

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  • “POV: Your friend Toff wants to help you relax during #TFTuesday, but first, he'll have to make some adjustments... That's right, keep looking into his eyes and you'll be just like him ;3 #Inflatable #Pooltoy #OCArt #3DArt”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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