What it means
Chuffed means really pleased, proper happy, usually in that low-key British way where you're glowing a bit but not acting like you've won the lottery. You'd use it when something goes your way, a surprise lands nicely, or hard work finally pays off. If someone says they're well chuffed or dead chuffed, they're even more made up about it.
Usage examples
"She was absolutely chuffed with the surprise party, kept saying she had no idea, hand over her mouth the whole time."
"Got my exam results back and I’m dead chuffed, all that revising in the library actually paid off for once."
"I was well chuffed when they said I got the job, did a little dance in the kitchen before I’d even hung up."
"I was proper chuffed when the parcel turned up early, thought I'd be waiting till Friday."
"He's been chuffed all weekend after his team nicked it at the last minute."
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Where it comes from
Chuffed is widely linked to chuff, an older English dialect word that could mean puffed up or swollen, and by extension a bit self-satisfied. Over time, British usage softened it into everyday happiness, so now if you're chuffed, you're simply proper pleased about something.
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