This is wargaming slang that has moved over to RPGs in the last couple years - and it bugs me every time I see it.
Crunch basically means “rules” and fluff means “setting info”. In a wargame, “fluff” is really not important, hence the dismissive nickname. In an RPG, the “fluff” is the whole point of many books.
Grrr.
/rant
Funnily enough, I had a rant about how this relates to game design a couple of months ago... http://www.zeropointinformation.com/blog/2013/rules-vs-setting/
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