Whence the 'buf ?' Chaucer's Philological Burp
- Author / Editor
- Baroodes, Benjamin S. W.
Whence the 'buf ?' Chaucer's Philological Burp
- Published
- Neophilologus 98.03 (2014): 495-508.
- Description
- Not just a pun on beef and burping, "buf" derives from French "buffer," which refers to puffing up one's cheeks and, later, to being stuffed with food.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies