Terms vs Deffo - What's the difference?
terms | deffo |
Definite.
* 2003 , Grace Dent, LBD: it?s a girl thing ,
* 2009 , Joe Stretch, Wildlife ,
* 2009 , Stephen Leonard Lancashire, Immaculate Deception ,
* 2010 , Simon Pegg, Nerd Do Well ,
(slang, Australia, UK, Ireland, Canada) Definitely.
* 2009 , Nick Leather, Billy Wonderful ,
* 2011 , Andrew Fitzpatrick, Strictly Legal ,
* 2011 , Maggie Graham, Me and My Animals ,
As a noun terms
is .As an adjective deffo is
definite.As an adverb deffo is
(slang|australia|uk|ireland|canada) definitely.deffo
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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.
unnumbered page,
- ‘An infection. Nothing serious. They?ll have some colour in them soon, for deffo .’
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.”
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)- He told me that he's deffo going to be there tonight.
page 12,
- And I deffo don?t believe in me, cos I?m a proper knobhead, aren?t I, and always have been.
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,.
page 142,
- ‘And no giving in at the slightest whimper. Agreed?’
- ‘Deffo !’ He couldn?t see my fingers crossed behind my back.
