ronk wrote:Am I being naive? Isn't the insult "poof" (sorry). Puff can parse for me as lacking in substance. e.g. huffing and puffing, or in terms of inflating something up.
Is is just the references to soccer or are there problems with other comments?
Correctomundo ronk, Poof is the synonym for Gay and not Puff. In fact Puff refers to Powder-Puff, which indicates that the sport is for Ladies...

Leo: If there are Gay people taking offence at the term, then let them raise the point you are trying to make poorly. This is a forum after all, so if we're going down that "PC/Thought Police" road let's open up the debate about what is acceptable and unacceptable/offensive and draw clear guidelines because there's lot's & lot's of more offensive terminology used everyday on here. Mostly in jest/ignorance and just occasionally malevolently..