Puff over!

[meliss]

Hi, puff over seems a favourite interjection of sir Allsmine, a character of the novel "Corsaire Triplex" by Paul d'Ivoi (the book is in French, but Allsmine is Australian and originally speaks English). He used it to say something like "Cheer up!" or so. But I am not sure. Help me. please.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi! "Puff over" seems to be a favourite interjection of Sir Allsmine, a character in the novel Corsaire Triplex by Paul d'Ivoi. (The book is in French, but Allsmine is Australian and [STRIKE]originally[/STRIKE] speaks English.) He uses it to mean something like "Cheer up!" [STRIKE]or so[/STRIKE]. But I am not sure. Help me, please.

I've never heard the expression "Puff over."

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[emsr2d2]

Meliss, please remember to put the words you're asking us about in both the title and the main body of your post. I've changed post #1 (and the subsequent quote) so that your opening sentence says "Puff over", not just "It".

I've never heard it before.

 

[Skrej]

It may well just be an expression the author has created for his character. Authors sometimes invent terms for their characters that are otherwise meaningless or unheard of in "real" English. They may also take perfectly innocuous words in actual English and turn them into insults or profanity within their imaginary world.