scofflerise

stress on the first syllable: SCOFFlerise
To deride someone's nonsense. (My mate Dirk scofflerised my puny attempts
at painting the Easter hares.)
Origin: [verb to scoff and British informal noun the cobblers - scoff someone's cobblers (not his testicles but his nonsense)]
2/2005

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