def

英语

def

def

def (比较级 deffer，最高级 deffest)

(非裔美国人俚语) 很好的
- 1988, “Run’s House”, 出自 Tougher Than Leather, 演出者 Run-DMC:
  See I do this thing, so come pursue this king / One minor rhyme is all you just bring / Cause I’m the best I’m def, ask the rest they left
  （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

↑ Safire, William (1988-09-25)， “On Language: 'Eat Your Peas'”，The New York Times‎^[1]:“Def, a clip of definitely is now the word for terrif, and on some campuses has out-neatened neat.”
↑ Brent, Staples (1988-12-18)， “On Language: 'High on the Five'”，The New York Times‎^[2]:
Failing to see the word's antecedents, I suspected that def was either bogus or an orphan, lost to its slang ancestors through mispronunciation or misspelling […] Three critics of popular music failed to provide me with satisfactory antecedents. One suggested that def was an abbreviation of definitely, another suggested deference and the third had no hunch at all […] Russell Simmons, a founder of the company [Def Jam Recordings], said that his partner, in designing the logo for the company's record label, may have been the first to set def down in writing. Simmons also said that his associate had clearly misheard the word as it was then spoken in the streets. Def, Simmons said, was a mispronunciation of death.