intj. (colloquial).—An interjection of contempt; bosh! Hence PIFF-PAFF = jargon.

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  1851.  LONGFELLOW, The Golden Legend.

        To see these beggars hobble along,
Lamed and maimed, and fed on chaff,
Chanting their wonderful PIFF AND PAFF.

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  1897.  Pall Mall Gazette, 28 Sept., 2, 3. The combatants used their fists only … PAF! PAF! one for you, and PAF! PAF! for your opponent.

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