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Old 12-24-2014, 04:41 PM   #253
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Originally Posted by Luffy View Post
Nowadays Bouffer in French simply means eat (quickly/a lot). Food informally can be called Bouffe. The French have strict manners about eating frugally and politely. They frown upon second helpings e.g. That's why most of them are thin.

The French comic "Les Quatre Aces" (the four aces) has a gluttonous character called Bouffi.
I wonder if that's where we get the word buffet from.
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