See also: Cuffer

English

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Etymology

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From cuff (discuss; tell a story) +‎ -er.[1]

Noun

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cuffer (plural cuffers)

  1. (informal) An improbable or exaggerated story.
    • 2003, Gerald M. Sider, Between History and Tomorrow:
      Those who do not cross this line might have been taken in by the cuffer, at least for a while, or they might just be disagreeing for the sport of it, and the same for those that agree with the storyteller.

References

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  1. ^ cuffer, n.”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.