Do you use the word “defo”?

48 comments

1. As in definitely? Yes. Midlands leics area, in my 40s.

2. Defo.

   40+ NW UK

3. I do (20s / Yorkshire)

4. I’m similar age to your colleague and defo use it. In text rather than speech, but wouldn’t bat an eyelid if I heard it out loud. I’m in Wales

5. It’s not one I use a lot but I’ve got friends who use it constantly. Definitely normal for my generation, mid 30s NW

6. Mid 40’s, all the time but only typing/writing.

   Edit – forgot to say, south Wales and I’d write it as ‘deffo’, no idea why.

7. Defo mate.

8. I’ve used it. 32m from Manchester.

9. Not quite 40 (only just) – use it all the time in text, and occasionally spoken too. NW.

10. Defo

    NE 40+

11. Deffo, I use it all the time(35+, west mids) and I’ve heard it used by of people of all ages. I’ve even heard my 77year old great uncle use it.

12. 36 and yes

13. Yup defo, 54 Highlands

14. Defo use – 1/2 my life in Oz

15. 24, NW England & I do

16. Deffo notly.

17. Defo. 30s, Yorkshire. Use it in speech but mainly in text because for the life of me, I can never spell definet…defen…definitely right.

18. Defo, 41, Liverpool

19. Sounds like Aussie slang for a deaf person

20. Defo use, but only in text/messaging.

21. Deffo, but spelt that way and I’d use it way more over text than in speech. I’ve know I use it in speech but usually if I’m trying to speak quickly / stressed. But for over text I’d use it all the time, as to most people I know.

22. im nearly 40 and use it all the time

23. Yorkshire, mid 40s. My friends (of similar age) use it.

24. I defo have never used this.

25. I’m 43 and I deffo say deffo. Not sure why but I feel there is that extra f

26. 33, Essex/London, defo using it way too much

27. Affirmative. 39. North West.

28. Mid 30s. Central Scotland.

    I will often text defo but I wouldn’t say it.

29. I’m really old and I deffo remember a guy from Hull using it in the early 90s.

30. deffo

    otherwise auto correct says difiantly, which if you search on google asks did you mean definitely

31. Defo and I’m 53 NW

32. its bin used since middle ages. Chaucer listed it

33. I’m originally from the UK (Liverpool) but mainly grew up in the US – but almost all of my relatives except the elderly ones use it

34. I’m 45F and from Merseyside. We will try to shorten every word (where possible) when talking casually. My husband and I will say ‘deffo’ to each other in an over the top scouse accent at times. Certainly commonplace when I was growing up

    (Edited after scrolling….I love how so many saying that they know the word ‘Deffo’ are also from NW)

35. Yes though I would also spell it ‘deffo’. 30s, Yorkshire

36. Mid 30s and all the time. Far easier to type it since I’m dyslexic and can spend far too long trying to get close enough to the full word for the predictive text to get what I’m aiming for

37. We used to say Jermaine instead as there was a football player called Jermaine Defoe. “Are you going to select and save?” “Jermaine! They’ve got broken biscuits for a pound”

38. I’m in the midlands 36 and use defo a lot more than I should. My parents and parents in law all understand what it means but don’t use it themselves, they are also midlands based.

39. 64, ‘def’ minus the o. London person

40. Early 30s, in London. Always use it.

41. 30s and deffo

42. Deffo always used it

43. I am a middle aged grumpy old man and deffo use it all the time

44. Deffo.

    33, south.

45. Deffo. 35, London

46. Yeah, *deffo

47. I do (deffo) in my late sixties but only when I’m pretending to be cool so the grandkids can laugh at me.

48. I say def

    I’m 22