Taffy

:For a type of chewy candy, see Taffy (candy)

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Taffy is a sometimes pejorative term for a Welsh person or thing. It may be derived from the Welsh forename "Dafydd" ("David"), or a reference to the River Taff in Wales.

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A version of an old anti-Welsh English nursery rhyme begins:

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:Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief,

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:Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef.

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:I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't in,

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:I jumped upon his Sunday hat and poked it with a pin.

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At least one source attributes this use of Taffy as a reference to Amaethon, who in the 6th century poem "Cad Goddeu" stole from Arawn.

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Also Taffy is the name of the daughter of the president (Jack Nicholson) in the Tim Burton film Mars Attacks!.

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Candy: Candy is often used as a synonym for the more general term confectionery in North America, whereas the word has become archaic in most parts of the United Kingdom and survives today almost exclusively in the term "candy floss". In some areas, notably Scotland, "candy" is generally taken to mean conf...

Taffy (candy): Taffy is a type of chewy candy, such as salt water taffy. Taffy is made by stretching or pulling until fluffy a sticky mass of boiled sugar, butter, flavorings, and coloring. When this process is complete the taffy is cut into small pastel-colored pieces and wrapped in wax paper to keep it soft. It ...

Pejorative: A word or phrase is a pejorative (occasionally misspelled perjorative) if it expresses contempt or disapproval. The adjective pejorative is synonymous with derogatory and dyslogistic (noun: dyslogism) (antonyms: meliorative, eulogistic, noun eulogism). Dyslogisms such as "pea-brain" and "bottom-feed...

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