Australian for beard. Typically describes a well-kempt beard, trimmed and shaped, and moderately long. The OED says this slang term originated around 1919, but otherwise the origin is unknown. To be ziffed means to be bearded.
Me: "Evan, I love your ziff! I wish I could sport a ziff like you do!"
Evan: "I like to pair it with a quiff hairstyle. Ziff and quiff. Nice ring to it, no?"
Evan: "I like to pair it with a quiff hairstyle. Ziff and quiff. Nice ring to it, no?"
by ChaseMolair August 7, 2018
by brother levmeister July 15, 2008
by blair1 December 10, 2006
hay ziff, how you doing?
Are you ziffing again?
Look at that ziff, what a ziff!
Bye ziff, see you later!
Are you ziffing again?
Look at that ziff, what a ziff!
Bye ziff, see you later!
by theziff September 2, 2008
A true example of the duplicity of man, who is half 'distinguished gentleman' and half 'raging ape'. Often a more primitive organism with a limited range of human emotions, who is only capable of being a stoic, aggressive or wholesome.
Person 1: "OMG, that guy just pooed into his hands and threw at my mother"
Person 2: "Yeah, but now he's helping her clean the poo up"
Person 1: "Wow, so duplicitous. He's such a Moinseur Ziff"
Person 2: "Yeah, but now he's helping her clean the poo up"
Person 1: "Wow, so duplicitous. He's such a Moinseur Ziff"
by bigbattycrease69 April 14, 2022