Ok, I just showed cultural ignorance.  I apologize to anyone that has taken offense to my Poofter
remark.  It seems that poofter (not poofda) is as follows:

Aaron - must admit I wondered if you were referring to that joke - trouble is that the spelling is
'poofter'. Not sure whether you realise but 'poofter' actually stands for gay men (ie male
homosexuals).'

Sue Terry

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/p.htm
poofter
Noun. 1. A homosexual, usually male. Derog.
2. A soft, feeble person. Derog.
*Also be spelt pooftah and generally heard pronounced as poofdah.

Lisa Sotak

So, sorry again.  I will say for the record that this thread is a dead parrot, it is deceased, it
is no more, it has passed on....

Aaron

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