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should be poofed out of existence

This means something very specific in the UK.

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You can’t just drop that and then not explain…

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As a noun or adjective it would be a derogatory term for gay men. As a verb most people would recognise it as disappeared in the UK. There plenty of other terms for the verb.

Not just to death

Out of existence

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ya not a poofta are ya Bruce?

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Pretty sure they’re referring to “poof” which is a derogatory term for a gay man in British vernacular. In any case, the context in which it was used clearly wasn’t intended as the derogatory term, rather to mean “suddenly”.

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