Stuff
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- For other uses, see Stuff (disambiguation).
Stuff is any collection of materials, substances or any such things. In conversation, "stuff" is often used in place of the correct noun if the meaning is obvious from the context: "You got the stuff?" For example "white stuff" may mean heroin, cocaine, semen, middle of an Oreo, etc. Together with "shit," it is frequently employed as a euphemism when the speaker may not want to explicitly specify what they mean (for example, when discussing illicit substances).
It may also refer to a collection of activities, or the process of placing things in a hole, tube, container, crevasse, or similar location, particularly if the stuff is packed tightly and fills or obstructs the hole, passage, or container. (see stuffing)
Various forms of stuff are used for different purposes, and have varying degrees of uselessness. Most cosmologists believe that stuff, or matter, originated approximately 13.7 billion years ago in a Big Bang. There are approximately 3 × 1052 kilograms of stuff in the observable universe.
"Stuff" is also a supreme lexical structure: a term capable of describing itself, within itself, with itself.
"Stuff you" and "get stuffed" are Australian slang terms, where "stuff" refers to the stuffing (packing tightly) connotation of the word. Not to be confused with STFU.