<It seems that Prince was sort of disinterested in his performance, and I became disinterested in watching it. I give this dvd a phffft. —Anonymous, “Review of Prince: Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas.”>
Phffft.
n. a modern dance theatre company based in New York and Seattle, Washington.
phffft.
n. a quiet, delicate sound harboring vast implications.
<The bloody Vietnam War which was to tear America apart, began with things that go phffft in the night. —Peter Andrews, “Shots in the Dark: 25 Years Ago: The Battle of Tonkin Gulf is Fought.”>
n. the hiss of a dropped signal in a wireless microphone system.
<As the talent moves across the stage with the wireless mic in operation you hear a “phffft” or maybe a “swisshhh” from the wireless system. You have a drop-out problem. No, not the high school variety, but rather a type of RF signal degradation that causes the desired signal to drop way down in strength to the point where the noise floor rises up and is heard. —Lectrosonics.com.>
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