gaff off
to blatantly ignore orders from a superior. most often used by u.s. marines (typically nco’s and snco’s) to describe what younger marines are doing when should be working. first used by a crusty old devil dog in the early 1900’s by the name of clifton bledsoe gates. gates would later become the 19th commandant of the marine corps.
listen you sh-tbirds, get off your -sses and quit gaffing me off!!!
but staff sergeant, i would never gaff off your orders?!?!
to procrastinate or otherwise avoid doing work; to be lazy
when are you going to quit gaffing off and file those casreps?
to ignore a person / task.
where it comes from: a gaff is a long pole with a hook on the end used to land fish or to keep them away (like a shark, for example).
“i’m going to gaff off visiting my grandmother this weekend.”
“i was supposed to meet britney at the movies tonight, but i gaffed her off.”
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