different between poofta vs pooftah

English

Noun

poofta (plural pooftas)

1. Alternative spelling of poofter
   • 2005, Steven Lang, An Accidental Terrorist, University of Queensland Press, page 101,

     What he said was that he thought it would be a shame to ruin looks like hers, and allowed she might continue working, if it was for him, ‘And your little poofta friend and all. Not that I like that sort of thing. But if he?s working then it has to go through me. I don?t want to hear nothing else.’

   • 2010, Chris Wright, The Spanish Cheese ‘Sanwish’ Without Bread, page 358,

     /he stared hard at me and for the first time noticed my hair. We both remained staring at one another for a few seconds. Then clasping both his ham-sized hands to his face, the man wheeled round and staggered back into the cell. “They?ve sent ma a bloody poofta!” he howled. “A bloody poofta!”

     My companions stared at me in wonderment at the reaction my few words had produced.

   • 2010, Mohamed Khadra, Terminal Decline, 2011, Read How You Want, page 253,

     ‘ […] I got into a lot of trouble when I called the physicians “the pooftas of the profession”.’ He smiled again, as if to say I shouldn?t have done it, but God it felt good.

English

Alternative forms

• poofta

Pronunciation

Noun

pooftah (plural pooftahs)

1. Alternative spelling of poofter
   • 1989, Hilary Prendini Toffoli, Gus Silber, Who?s Really Who in South Africa, page 168,

     A backslapping, beerswilling Jack-the-Lad who wears chunky gold jewellery and cracks crude gags about “bearded oysters” and pooftahs. That?s Tony Sanderson?s perception of the public?s perception of Tony Sanderson, and he is not far wrong. But it does upset him a little, […] .

   • 2001, Lindsay Charman-Love, Been There, Done That, Top Hat and Taiaha, and Other Stories, Huia Publishers, New Zealand, page 6,

     Screaming like a banshee he turned on his heels and fled.

     ‘Gutless bastard,’ one of them yelled. ‘You fucking girl!’

     ‘Yeah, ya pooftah,’ his mate yelled. ‘Fuckin? chicken pooftah!’

Related terms

• poof