Herf, what a bloody awful word (sorry yanks) can't we do better

[Robusto]

It's hard to find a noun for this.
Verbs are easier.

I'm in the mood to knock off a fat bastard.

I played with a great Canadian drummer in the week but cannot find a name for a Canadian in the vein of 'yank' for US citizen.

Words, hey...

[TJCoro]

You Must Be Jokin'

not bothered myself, if it aint broke don't fix it?

Right On! My Brother Senor Horse,

What's a matter, boyz..."Herf" not gay enough for you?


A quick google came up with THIS!

Names TJ, TJCoro, and you got a problem with Americanos, lads?


How about calling it a "Ball" as in...let's have a Ball, or let's Ball, or let's go Balling?

[jpmoore]

a Bit of back ground into the word Herf i found on the net, don't know how accurate it is.

"The term "Herf" used to describe the smoking of a cigar comes from the 1960's in America when many cigar smokers listened to Herf Alpert and the Tijuana Brass while smoking their favorite stogie. The music was latinesque and thus provided an atmosphere of semi-cuban reminiscence. Soon, cigar smokers began to say things like "I was with the Brass last night and the Herf was so good I thought I was in Havana." Thus, we can all thank Herf Alpert for his influence on 'garbonics."

The Collective noun for Smokers is a "confraternity of smokers" could be shortened to a Confrat ??

[Pantomimehorse]

not bothered myself, if it aint broke don't fix it?

[Robusto]

How about meeting up for a 'conviv'?

Herfs are usually convivial affairs. Last night's herf was particularly convivial.

Come down my garden path and on to my shack sofa for a conviv.

It has a ring.

[Jimmeh]

i agree - and it was on the tip of my tongue to mention at the herf - but other conversation got in the way. Herf is too american for my taste - dont get me wrong, i have a large amount of american friends, spend a lot of time there and enjoy american culture... but this is Empire.

I have a couple of suggestions:
concursion, confab, rally, rendezvous, session, tryst.

I also have "Divan" - a word derived from cigar divans of days of old - just to touch on old roots, and also means an oriental high governmental body - which isnt quite english - but i think its a good word?

[michael69]

How about us brits coin the term "char" or "toast" in place of "herf"?

they both have connotations of particularly british things I think, as well as referencing the lighting process.......

So we'd have the verbs "charing" and "toasting" I suppose....

oh well, I tried!

[cohibaIV]

Hmmmm!

[andrewb150]

Totally agree.

[monkey66]

A Churchill?

[nicwing]

I had a few people at the Doggetts tell me that they find the word 'herf' too American and one guy, a Taxi driver who was due to do the walk but bailed at the last minute, actually assumed that I has mistyped the word and meant I was meeting him for a 'half'.

So with all the accumulated brains here (obviously excluding New Mexico) I would be sure we could come up with something more 'Anglo Saxon'.

What would Bertie Wooster have said, where did Dickens and Johnson go for a Cigar or a pipe (if we are historically acurate) where did The Waugh's father and sons head for a cigar.

I am sure we can do better.


Hey we could even end up with a poll!