Alf

Short masculine name

Alf is a masculine given name, typically a short form of Alfred or Alfonso.

In British and Australian slang, an alf (lowercase) is an unsophisticated or unfashionable man, often older and set in his ways: Don't be such an alf about it.

The term draws on the stereotype of working-class men named Alf.

sitcom

Melmac

Melamine dinnerware brand

  • NBCAmerican television network
  • 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
  • puppetControlled performing figure

Lucky · syndication · laugh track · family sitcom · TV Land · reruns

alien

extraterrestrial

Being from outer space

furry · snout · otherworldly · intergalactic · visitor · refugee · survivor · homeworld · outer space

name

Alfie

Nickname for Alfred

British · Scandinavian · Anglo-Saxon · masculine · given name · pet name

Categories
Opposites
gender of name

AlfFreda

Female name, Germanic origin

Effie · Elsie · Edie · Ada

species (TV character)

Alfhuman

Homo sapiens individual

native · terrestrial

Phrases
Family

alfalfa, Alfred

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G