I sympathise with you, Fred ~ when I asked what "naff" really meant (being
long absent from my homeland), Candice berated me for Kantian essentialism
(actually think she got hold of the wood by the wrong stick, as Kant was
warning against what one might call noumenalism). My research ~ without
wishing to anticipate David's doubtlessly more informed answer ~ revealed
that it has 2 meanings, one being "lacking in up-to-date taste, out", the
other being "worthless, rubbishy". You pays your money and... But that
Céline imitation (is it in English or French?) sounds tempting...
Martin
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