WOOF

See also: woof

English

Noun

WOOF

1. (marketing) Initialism of well-off older folks.

Proper noun

WOOF

1. Alternative form of WWOOF; a network organization that helps wwoofers connect up with organic farms that are offering work opportunities.
   • 2016, Chris Young, Slow Dough: Real Bread:

     They also run classes, pizza nights, and welcome WOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) voluntary apprentices.

   • 2016, Marlyne Sahakian, Czarina Saloma, Suren Erkman, Food Consumption in the City, page 118:

     Woofers are those who labour on organic farms within the World Organization of Organic Farms (WOOF) Network.

   • 2021, Debby JM Ladouceur, Your Life Matters: Choose to Save It!:

     Workaway and WOOF (Workers on Organic Farms) are organizations that connect individuals, businesses and societies from 170 countries where anyone can share honest work and travel the world or work locally.

   • 2022, Amir Gohar, Tourism Governance: A Critical Discourse on a Global Industry, page vi:

     These "types" include medical tourism, extreme tourism, sex tourism, nature tourism, conflict tourism, pro-poor tourism, MICE tourism (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions), WOOF tourism (World-Wide Working On Organic Farms), etcetera.