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Noun. Getting one over on the competition, especially a "scoop" in the news profession.
Fox news pulled a diffee on CBS when it reported first that Dan Rather was retiring early.
diffee by Samuel Johnson November 8, 2005
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Doffensive 

Verb. A new tactic introduced by the San Diego Fire Dept circa. 2011,and continued into practice today, whereby your fire attack consists of going offensive, getting scared, going defensive for hours, then going offensive again and sending your men into an unsafe building. Famous examples include the University Ave and Kettlebell Gym fires.
"Hey man did you go to that fire last night?"

"Yeah, we burnt that place to the ground. It was a total doffensive fire"
To take off ones' hat as a sign of respect..
I just had to doff my cap to her like a true doffer.
doffer by Corinne Mayhew January 19, 2008

doffensive 

A driver who goes in the fast lane and maintains a consistent speed by breaking the speed limit and not getting caught by cop
We came fast and we were doffensive all the way
doffensive by tintedwindow July 8, 2007
A cross between a donut and a waffle as no one has bothered to make a generic name for this phenomenon yet
"These doffle's are on point"
doffle by Basic Bitch 95 August 15, 2016

Dofflemeyer

To oversimplify the nomenclature or description of a part to the point where it could be interchangeably used with over 100 different parts or common items. The modern equivalent of using "whatchamacallit" when referring to component that require a more technical description in order to be identified in the future. Particularly unsavory practice around engineering circles.
They called that main landing gear trunnion support fitting a "tube". That part has been Dofflemeyered!
Dofflemeyer by slaslayer September 5, 2018