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Published 20 Aug, 2016 06:57am

Word of the week

Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Deffo’, a new entrant to the Oxford Dictionary

Deffo

Adverb (British informal)

Definition: Definitely, certainly

Example sentences:

• “Jesper Olsen is deffo leaving after a punch up with Remi Moses the other day.”

• “Tyler is by far the best — he should deffo win.”

• “Yeah —I’m deffo not a good ambassador for it though, I’m already trailing horribly.”

Published in Dawn, Young World, August 20th, 2016

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