To be puffed = to be winded, out of breath
Puffed is just a fun word to say. Puffed corn, puffed rice, puffed pastries.
Things that are puffed look funny. Take the puffer fish for example.
Or my puffed cheeks.
Or Puff Daddy...
If you read this entire post without taking a breath, by the end, you will understand the New Zealand meaning of puffed.
Signed,
American Roomie
For added confusion, "winded" isn't a synonym for "puffed" in NZ. Winded is what happens when a solid force hits your chest or back and knocks the wind out of you. But I can't think of any good pictured to do with being winded...
ReplyDeleteAlso not to be confused with 'chuffed' (to be excited about something) or 'stuffed' (to be broken/messed up). There's a whole family of 'uffed' words here.
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