WHUFFO

[sinister69 0]

I know this will sound stupid, but I only have 6 jumps and am still learning. I have been reading on these forums the term "WHUFFO" I gathered it means a nonskydiver, but is it an acronym for anything?

[skybytch 273]

whuffo you jump from them perfectly good airplanes???
pull and flare,
lisa
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I don't think much, therefore I might not be

[Slowfaller 0]

A Wuffo is a person, usually farmer Mcnasty, who looks at skydivers with a dumbfounded look and asks, " Wuffo you skyjumpers jump out of planes? "

[skymedic 0]

these guys beat me too it, also known as my wife...pain in the but being married to a whuffo....
marc

[PLFKING 4]

Something I've always wanted to ask ya'll..... I have seen this word in print about 3 million times, but I've never actually heard a skydiver use it in conversation, or refer to someone as such.........how many of you actually hear people using the word "whuffo" at your DZ ? Do you think this is a regional thing ? Just curious.....
The PLF CFO

[Jessica 0]

Wanker Hopelessly Uneager to Free Fall Often

[SpeedRacer 1]

Good one, Jessica!
Well PLFKing, I jump in Virginia, and I've heard the term whuffo plenty of times at my DZ.
Speed Racer
"De plaene!! De plaene!!"

[skybytch 273]

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I've never actually heard a skydiver use it in conversation, or refer to someone as such......

I use it on a regular basis. Usually preceded by "stupid", "silly", "damn", "f&%$ing'" or other useful descriptive adjectives. Deal with just a few of the people who call my work with stupid whuffo questions (see? there I go again) and you'd use it a lot too!
pull and flare,
lisa
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I don't think much, therefore I might not be

[lazerq3 0]

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these guys beat me too it, also known as my wife...pain in the but being married to a whuffo....
marc

COme on now ...lets show our wives some respect. They're not whuffo's theey're WHYFFO's (yuk yuk yuk )
jason

[skymedic 0]

there ya go thats it, whyfos!!!!
marc

[PhreeZone 20]

I hear it all the time at my DZ. Usually as we have to push them aside to get into the packing hanger.
Whoa... That was cool!

[froggie 0]

i hear whuffo at xkeys used fairly often. mostly after hours when were sitting around talking about the day and the people who were there...

[AggieDave 6]

I've heard and used whuffo quite abit at different DZs and boogie. Usually talking about the clump of ppl looking straight up at the sky and seeing nothing b/c the pilot hasn't called jump run yet...
AggieDave '02
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Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!
BTHO t.u.

[sinister69 0]

Thank you all very much, knew it was a term used for a tree person (Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground) but wasn't sure what letters stood for!!! thanks all

[VivaHeadDown 0]

You generally don't call them a whuffo directly. If they are truely whuffos, do you think they'll really understand that part of skydiving?

[lazerq3 0]

I call my freinds and my wife whuffos' and then they ask what that is and when I tell them it gets them talking about skydiving
jason

[chicagoskydiver 0]

My wife is superwhuffo. Or maybe robowhuffo. I don't even mention it around her, I just tell her when I'm going to the dz. I damn near had to quit the sport. I used to have to sneak out of the house to go jump, but I don't anymore. I figured that's the least I could do in exchange for not having to quit.

[mouth 0]

So have you attempted to convert her, or is this your time away from home??
I think lots fo females feel this is a male sport and are unwilling to try it because of that. Personally, I love the ratio, and once I tried it I REALLY LOVED the sport.

[Pammi 0]

So, if whuffo wives are whyffos, then what are whuffo husbands? Huffo's? lol
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[mouth 0]

NO...just idiots! Or divorced.....

[Pammi 0]

Bwahaha! I love ya girl! You crack me up!
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[mouth 0]

I aim to please...everyone except him. Thank God out legal system grants divorces.
Divorce has been good for me...I'm lots more fun and I've taken up skydiving.

[Divadiver 0]

Mouth:
You too? I think my ex is jealous!
Diva

[mouth 0]

I was married for 10 years to the controlling man....got divorced and went wild. Bought a house in the one neighborhood he said he would never live because "they can afford the big house, but have no furniture". Showed him...got new furniture too! Cut my hair back short like I like it. Started skydiving at middle age. Traded my van for a mustang convertable.
HECK YEAH...he is jealous. He has no clue what it is like to actually live. He would never have let me jump then and he doesn't understand it now. Payback is hell and revenge is sweet. Plus it makes me feel young and cool.

[mouth 0]

Forgot to mention that now that I am over my revenge I find I REALLY like the new me so she is here to stay.