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deffo | reffo |

As an adjective deffo

is definite.

As an adverb deffo

is (slang|australia|uk|ireland|canada) definitely.

As a noun reffo is

(australia|derogatory|ethnic slur) a refugee who has settled in australia.

deffo

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Definite.
  • * 2003 , Grace Dent, LBD: it?s a girl thing , page 45,
    • I know for certain they?re not speaking to each other, that?s for deffo , not that I?ve even seen them in the same room over the last week to confirm their silence.
  • * 2009 , Joe Stretch, Wildlife , unnumbered page,
    • ‘An infection. Nothing serious. They?ll have some colour in them soon, for deffo .’
  • * 2009 , Stephen Leonard Lancashire, Immaculate Deception , page 271,
    • “Couldn?t say for deffo , probably at least fifteen years old, but I know they don?t make them like these any more for exactly the reason you?ve just seen. The security systems shite.”
  • * 2010 , Simon Pegg, Nerd Do Well , page 25,
    • Needles wilted under the force of Pegg?s demand, his eyes widened and he seemed to shrink in size, and I can?t say for deffo but I think he probably wet himself.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (slang, Australia, UK, Ireland, Canada) Definitely.
    • He told me that he's deffo going to be there tonight.
  • * 2009 , Nick Leather, Billy Wonderful , page 12,
    • And I deffo don?t believe in me, cos I?m a proper knobhead, aren?t I, and always have been.
  • * 2011 , Andrew Fitzpatrick, Strictly Legal , page 128,
    • It?s weird, but even though Dosser was only grounded for like two weeks, I was actually starting to kind of miss him, and I deffo would?ve loved to have gone for a good old-fashioned crow-hunt that Saturday afternoon,.
  • * 2011 , Maggie Graham, Me and My Animals , page 142,
    • ‘And no giving in at the slightest whimper. Agreed?’
    ‘Deffo !’ He couldn?t see my fingers crossed behind my back.

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    reffo

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (Australia, derogatory, ethnic slur) A refugee who has settled in Australia.
  • * 1980', Emery Barcs, ''Backyard of Mars: Memoirs of the “'''Reffo ” Period in Australia , page 73,
    • ‘It may be like this,’ he said ‘Australians are too bloody scared to be frankly unpleasant: Most of them hate the guts of reffos and other alien intruders, especially Jews and Dagos. But they like being liked and cannot resist giving help if it is needed, except, of course, if it?s the boss who needs it.’
  • * 2007 , , Orpheus Lost , 2010, HarperCollins, unnumbered page,
    • On the top floor behind the gabled windows, it was rumored, the reffo' family slept. Mishka did not know, until he began attending the regional school in Mossman at the age of six, that he was a reffo. He was born in the Daintree. His mother before him was born in Daintree. But his grandparents had arrived as refugees from a concentration camp in 1946 and the Bartoks were still a ' reffo family.
  • * 2010 , Alison Booth, Stillwater Creek , 2011, page 56,
    • ‘There are the reffoes ,’ he said loudly. ‘Been here for over a week now and hardly been out at all.’

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