noun

guff

GUF/ɡʌf/

Talk dismissed as foolish and unwelcome.

The mother receives only guff when her daughter mocks the reasonable correction.

Show guff through the frozen sense of insolent backtalk: a young adult daughter responds to her mother's reasonable correction with conspicuously mocking speech and a dismissive gesture.

Etymology

Guff earlier meant a puff of air and was imitative in origin. Its later sense of nonsense treats foolish talk as empty air rather than substantial speech.

In context

N. Stephan Kinsella2:05

they give you guff about having sworn an oath to the state bar and you're selling out and all that have you ever had that attack

KOL260 | Discussion with LP Chair Nicholas Sarwark about the Fourteenth Amendment

More examples

Don't give me any guff about cleaning your room.
Her speech is full of guff and offers no real answers.
He ignores the salesman's guff and asks about the price.

Similar words

nonsense: Covers meaningless ideas or claims, not specifically unwelcome talk.
backtalk: Specifically rude replies to authority, rather than foolish talk generally.
baloney: Dismisses claims as false or absurd, rather than merely rude.