Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fairy nuff

/fɛɚ‿ɪˈnʌf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: fairy nuff
IPA: /fɛɚ‿ɪˈnʌf/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Deliberate misspelling of fair enough.

Humorous

intj

Alternative spelling of fairy nuff.

name

A punny name for a fairy character or fairy-inspired product.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"[Creep writes:] […] * No, that ius becaus I am *always* a bad typer. ahh... fairy nuff. :)"
"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."
"[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."
"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!"
"Oh fairy nuff, I didn't spot that. You know how some people are about their air fryers :)"
"Philip Murphy wrote: > Message received - but I still don't like the majority of his songs. Fairy Nuff. There is no need to knock the guy cos if it though!"

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).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɛɚ‿ɪˈnʌf/
British English: /fɛəɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

fairy 'nuff (alternative)

Rhymes With

'nuff diaperstuff

Questions

How do you pronounce fairy nuff?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɛɚ‿ɪˈnʌf/.
What does fairy nuff mean?: Deliberate misspelling of fair enough.
Where does fairy nuff come from?: 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).

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