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Mostly used and originated in Southern Africa. Used to signyfy something that is disguisting, putrid or grosse.
1) Crap is siff.
2) The vagrant smells siff
siff by Ru May 13, 2005
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background as far as i know is from Australia, possily S.A.

meaning of siff is: "as if"
"siff like slipknot"
or
"siff be a gay Brenny"(look up brenny)
siff by poopooman March 20, 2005
In Italian it means very STRONG girl who can also be very soft. It's rumored that Siffs are secretly forest spirits since they often live in the middle of nowhere and are surrounded by animals.
"Damn, who's that girl? She's like a Disney Princess with all those birds surrounding her!"
"It's obviously a Siff!"
Siff by Anyanas June 9, 2021
Probably derived from the word syphilis, which is a venereal disease. Was probably first used in the military to describe anything not clean enough, such as a soldier whose hygiene was not up to scratch, or barracks which was not on inspection standard.
Jeez, that guy is a siffseun (siff boy)!

Troops! These Barracks are siff! (Normally followed by serious punishment exercises).
siff by Dirkltjie April 9, 2015
Beccaboo is a SIFF.

That girl is a SIFF.
SIFF by AllieMae July 17, 2007

Siff water gherkin 

Siff the South African slang word for something that is disgusting and disliked. Siff water gherkin is the disgusting water that the last gherkin sits in. The water is murky and the gherkin is wrinkled and wasting away. The word implies that someone is past the point of help and should be thrown out
Ashley stop being a siff water gherkin, you're better than that.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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