# Puffies?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puffies/69779
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 22, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puffies/69779 "2001-06-22T14:06:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puffies/69779/1 "2001-06-22T14:06:58Z")
I have just come across the expression, “puffies,” to desribe large arealae and nipples.
Is this word a new edition to our vocabulary? Or has it been around for a long time?
Is anyone else familiar or unfamiliar with this term?
When did it first start being used?
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### Author:  [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puffies/69779/2 "2001-06-22T15:28:48Z")
I have seen it before at breast-related porn sites, but I don’t know about the date of origin. It seems rather obvious how the name was originated, as it accurately describes those types of nipples. About as original as calling a fat person “fatty.”
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### Author:  [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puffies/69779/3 "2001-06-22T16:08:55Z")
I’ve run across “puffies” binary file news groups at least four years ago. Don’t know about earlier though.
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### Author:  [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puffies/69779/4 "2001-06-22T20:53:25Z")
I’ve also seen this phenomenon… the creepy sites have penis pumps attached to nipples to make them puffier. Whatever floats your boat, I suppose.
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puffies/69779/5 "2001-06-22T22:44:53Z")
I’ll post as soon as JE Lighter puts out Vol III of _American Slang_.