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prof en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɹɑf/ (US)

Etymology

Shortening.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of professor.
   alt of professor
   • He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'" 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of profit.
   alt of profit
   • I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge Then we laugh about it and split the prof 2017, Stormzy, Mr Skeng:

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