Deafo

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A deaf person. derogatory, slang

    "I have heard a headteacher in school refer to the 'deafos' in the unit and that, arguably, was more unforgivable than the remark made by a man watching the Bromley Chain float pass by in the carnival procession."

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"I have heard a headteacher in school refer to the 'deafos' in the unit and that, arguably, was more unforgivable than the remark made by a man watching the Bromley Chain float pass by in the carnival procession."

Etymology

From deaf + -o.

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