The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #83054   Message #1529123
Posted By: Snuffy
27-Jul-05 - 08:18 AM
Thread Name: Most Successful (NAFF) Folk Songs
Subject: RE: Most Successful (NAFF) Folk Songs
I'm with Redhorse on this one: in Porridge naff was not used in this sense as an adjective - it was merely a substitute for other words that wouldn't pass the censor, as in "Naff off" or "Sweet naff all"

Same word, came from two different places and has two completely different meanings. Plenty of other examples in English