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From the word "fluff".

fluff

noun

1. soft fibers from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulates in small light clumps: he brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff. 2. entertainment or writing perceived as trivial or superficial: the movie is a piece of typical Hollywood fluff. 3. (informal) a mistake made in speaking or playing music, or by an actor in delivering lines.

verb

1. make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it: fluffed up pillows; A person that fluffs pillows: The persons hired as a fluffer. 2. (informal) fail to perform or accomplish (something) successfully or well (used especially in a sporting or acting context): the extra fluffed his only line.

origin

late 18th century: probably a dialect alteration of 16th-century flue'down, nap, fluff', apparently from Flemish viuwe.

October 2017
From the word "fluff".

fluff

noun

1. soft fibers from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulates in small light clumps: he brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff. 2. entertainment or writing perceived as trivial or superficial: the movie is a piece of typical Hollywood fluff. 3. (informal) a mistake made in speaking or playing music, or by an actor in delivering lines.

verb

1. make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it: fluffed up pillows; A person that fluffs pillows: The persons hired as a fluffer. 2. (informal) fail to perform or accomplish (something) successfully or well (used especially in a sporting or acting context): the extra fluffed his only line.

origin

late 18th century: probably a dialect alteration of 16th-century flue'down, nap, fluff', apparently from Flemish viuwe.

Citation: The Oxford English Dictionary