Affy vs Afty - What's the difference?
affy | afty |
(obsolete) To trust ((in) someone or something); to rely ((on)).
* c. 1590 , (William Shakespeare), Titus Andronicus , First Folio 1623, I.1:
(obsolete) To promise to marry (someone); to be engaged to.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.8:
(slang) An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility.
* 1997 , "Sandretto", Singapore Contest....'' (on newsgroup ''alt.consumers.sweepstakes )
* 1999 , "Suzy", Any BIG winners?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.consumers.sweepstakes )
(informal) afternoon
* 2004 , Thomas Neradin, The Last Train (page 63)
* 2007 , Sharon Mawdesley, Keeping Control: The Emancipation of Jenny Dobson (page 26)
As nouns the difference between affy and afty
is that affy is (slang) an affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility while afty is (informal) afternoon.As a verb affy
is (obsolete|intransitive) to trust ((in) someone or something); to rely ((on)).affy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) afier, from (affidare).Verb
- Marcus Andronicus, so I do affie / In thy vprightnesse and Integrity […].
- He, though affide unto a former love, / To whom his faith he firmely ment to hold, / […] Her graunted love, but with affection cold […].
Etymology 2
Shortening of (affidavit).Noun
(affies)- If you have won a monthly prize, they will send you an affy and have you send it back. Then your prize comes from a courier.
- The contest ended in mid November, I got the affy Christmas eve, and I picked up the car February 4th or 5th.
afty
English
Noun
- This afty , I'm going to a funeral of a toe rag that we once did a few jobs with.
- “It's up to my daughter who comes to her party,” her father was saying, “but you lot look like you've put a few away this afty , an' the last thing we want is any bother.”