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sluff

Dialect

Meaning
Utah: to skip school or class.
Type
Dialect Word
Used in
Utah

What does “sluff” mean

Utah's word for ditching class, from the verb 'slough' (to shed). BYU linguistic surveys flag it as the clearest Utah-only verb: where the rest of the US says 'skip', Utahns say 'sluff'.

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