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deffos en · ADV

Etymology

From deffo + -s.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial, not-comparable) Definitely.
    • "Lay off, Jass. Can't we just forget it and have a good night?" Jass looked like she was going to protest but decided against it, and broke into a wide smile. "Deffos. Come on, more cocktails are needed!" 2014, Holly Bourne, The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting, London: Usborne, →ISBN, page 214:
    • A quick peep out of the window confirmed I was not in Clerkenwell. 'Dead sure about it. I can see the sea and everything. Deffos in Hawaii.' 2013, Lindsey Kelk, About a Girl, Rearsby, Leicester: W F Howes Ltd, →ISBN, page 124:
    • A fourth wrote: 'Loving 90s week on sewing bee tonight. Deffos my favourite decade. I was more grunge than Spice Girls.' 2023 July 6, Harriet Johnston, “Viewers of the Great British Sewing Bee left stunned as contestant makes a revelation about her age”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2023:

Synonyms

def · defs · deffo