Talk:buff

French

in French i do not know buffe but buffle

buffing in the railway terminology

I wonder what buffing in the railway terminology means. Translating a technical leaflet, I have encountered this term several times, especially in the collocations "buffing test" and "buffing impact". What exactly do those terms mean? Any synonyms, definitions, translations (especially into Czech, my native language)? :-) --Petusek 12:54, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

A buffer is something used to stop trains falling of the end of the track, perhaps it is something to do with that? Conrad.Irwin 13:00, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

buffing test = nárazová zkouška (impact test). —Stephen 14:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Missing sense

From The Outer Limits series 3 episode 2: "How can you trust a critic who's buffing the artist?" The critic is somebody who has claimed to like the poem when she really didn't. TOL is a Canadian series from the mid-1990s. Equinox ◑ 20:35, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Buffed out

Moved out of the entry but it uses "buffed out", not "buff":

1. • 1994, Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary Culture, page 155:

     The appearance of logic often derives from faulty syllogisms such as Sgt. Koon's conclusion that King was an ex-con because he was "buffed out" (heavily muscled). The thinking is: "ex-cons are often buffed out; this man is buffed out; therefore, this man is an ex-con."

- -sche (discuss) 23:36, 9 January 2022 (UTC)