English

Alternative spellings
pan loafy
panloafy

Etymology
Scottish colloquial. From pan-loaf - more expensive than ordinary bread.

Adjective
en-adj

1. colloquial posh|Posh, pretentious or stuck-up

#*1993: K Stephen, Proud to be British? in soc.culture.british ¹
#*:Perhaps it is a class thing. Pan loafy people can also be very stuffy and toffee nosed and hence arrogant.
#*1999: Muttley, Life's not worth it in uk.people.support.depression ²
#*:The Central belt is becoming more weedjie. Edinburgh is still pretty pan-loafy. Fifer is bools-in-the-mooth.
#*2005: Eve McLaughlin?, Re GROS a brilliant service in soc.genealogy.britain ³
#*:>What is a scots lol?
#*:I think it could be a panloafy way of saying loyal, instead of leal.?

References
OED 2005

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