Screff is a derogatory term for a contemptible person. There is no set of necessary and sufficient conditions which if fulfilled make a person a screff. The only necessary condition is that the person lacks self-awareness: they are unaware that their actions and behaviour make them a screff. Beyond this condition the only way to explain the meaning of screff is to enumerate examples of
people who are screffs. In this way certain ‘
family resemblences’ among screffs will become apparent (screff is an example of a Wittgensteinian
family resemblance concept). Examples of notable screffs are:
Simon Cowell
Boris Johnson
Sir Alan
Sugar
Jordan (a.k.a. Katie Price)
Cheryl Cole
Jamie Oliver
Jamiroquai
Jeremy Clarkson
Richard Hammond
The adjective Screffy can also be used to describe
non-persons such as TV shows, films,
music, clothes and activities that are associated with screffs.