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fairy nuff en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• /-‿ə-/ (General-American)
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• /-‿i-/ (General-American)
• /fɛəɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/ (Received-Pronunciation) see fair for more variants
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• /fɛː-/ (Received-Pronunciation) see fair for more variants
• /fɛɚ‿ɪˈnʌf/ (General-American)
• /feːɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/ (Australia)

Etymology

From fair enough, metanalysed as faire nough, with faire spelt as fairy for humorous effect, and nough (an existing, old, informal and aphetic form of enough) as nuff (or 'nuff), its usual informal spelling (commoner than 'nough).

Meanings

1. (Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling) Deliberate misspelling of fair enough.
   alt of fair enough
   • [chris French wrote:] >Which particular type of mitre did you use it for? >Pelmets on the top of kitchen and fitted bedroom cupboards, where it[ ]worked well/ Fairy nuff. Two or three visible angles at most, front and sides. 2010 October 22, michael adams, “Mitre bond adhesive”, in uk.d-i-y (Usenet):
   • Project Magnet #1 wrote: […] > Never heard of total loss being used in that context myself. Always used > to describe a battery ignition with no means to keep the battery charged. Fairy nuff. 2007 September 26, The Older Gentleman, “Total loss ignition”, in rec.motorcycles.tech (Usenet):
   • Oh fairy nuff, I didn't spot that. You know how some people are about their air fryers :) 2024 September 19, u/eastkent, “I too made deep fried chicken, and for the first time!”, in r/UKfood, Reddit, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2025:
   • [Creep writes:] […] * No, that ius becaus I am *always* a bad typer. ahh... fairy nuff. :) 1996 June 10, adrienne, “FREEEEEEE”, in alt.kids-talk (Usenet):
   • Fairy nuff - I drive around most of the time with a kayak rack on the roof, but when going on family holiday the uni still went in the boot! 2012 August 8, aracer, Unicyclist.com (forum), archived from the original on 03 Aug 2025; replying to wdmunicyclist, Unycycle on a roof rack, 18 June 2012:

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