Tofferies are things done by toffs that show they are toffs, where "toff" is a snooty, upper crust, elitist, aristocratic twit who holds commoners in contempt. Or so I learned while working in the UK.
It's all a part of the jargon of British class warfare. We have toffs in the US (Fraser Crane was a good example), but when Hollywood wants to create the ultimate toff, one whose every vowel drips with contempt and condescension, they will always give him a certain British toff accent that screams toff to every native English speaker--even those of us who don't know the word toff.
It's all a part of the jargon of British class warfare. We have toffs in the US (Fraser Crane was a good example), but when Hollywood wants to create the ultimate toff, one whose every vowel drips with contempt and condescension, they will always give him a certain British toff accent that screams toff to every native English speaker--even those of us who don't know the word toff.