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The word "eff" plays a multifaceted role in literature, appearing both as an ordinary name and as a symbolic or abbreviated term. In certain passages it serves as a personal name—a character called Eff is portrayed as a playful child [1] or as a singer with a distinctive presence [2, 3]—while in others it functions as a shorthand for “effect” or is embedded in technical and classical expressions, drawing on Latin roots to denote causality or specific functions [4, 5, 6]. Moreover, "EFF" emerges as an acronym representing modern institutions like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, thereby linking the term to contemporary themes of technology, advocacy, and digital rights [7, 8, 9, 10, 11]. This range of uses underscores the term’s versatility and enriches its literary and cultural significance.
  1. Twas as dull as ditch-water, till the child Eff, by a good chance, spoke of fishing.
    — from Sir Quixote of the MoorsBeing some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de Rohaine by John Buchan
  2. Eff sang the tune in her clear, low voice.
    — from Sir Quixote of the MoorsBeing some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de Rohaine by John Buchan
  3. Then she stopped exhausted, smiled on Eff, who sat like a cinder-witch all the while, and smoothed the hair from her brow.
    — from Sir Quixote of the MoorsBeing some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de Rohaine by John Buchan
  4. Mandár' ad effẻtt o , to bring to passe, or effect.
    — from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio
  5. Effúndere, fúnd o , fúsi, fús o , to scatter, to poure out, to waste riotously, to shed blood, to melt or cast as metals.
    — from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio
  6. Effẻruere, fẻru o , feruéi, feruút o , to chafe, to rage, to be furious or moody.
    — from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio
  7. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) is a charitable membership organization with a student rate.
    — from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
  8. EFF would like to thank author Adam Gaffin for doing a terrific job of explaining the Net in such a nonthreatening way.
    — from Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
  9. We invite you to join with EFF in our fight to ensure that equal access to the networks and free speech are protected in newly emerging technologies.
    — from Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
  10. If you've ever bought something on the Internet, or sent a secret message, or checked your bank-balance, you used crypto that EFF legalized.
    — from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
  11. Then one of EFF's millionaire co-founders built a $250,000 DES-56 cracker that could break the cipher in two hours.
    — from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

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