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Speaking plainly about uniform put on two genders in the fuzz (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bumfluff

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'speaking plainly' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'uniform put on two genders in the fuzz' is the wordplay.
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'put on two genders' becomes 'bm' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the fuzz' becomes 'fluff' (I've seen this before).
'u' placed inside 'bm' is 'bum'.
'bum'+'fluff'='BUMFLUFF'

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