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Dictionary: def   (dĕf) pronunciation

adj. Slang, def·fer, def·fest.
Excellent; first-rate.

[Short for DEFINITE.]


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abbr.

decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for deciduous teeth)


1. mod. better; cool. (Originally black. From definitive.)  Man, that yogurt is def!
2. mod. definitely.  This is def the best there is.

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The word def is hip hop (and graffiti) slang, generally meaning a positive adjective used as a superlative. Taken from the root word 'definitive', if something is 'def' then it is classified as being very good. If something is very definitive in its representation of its genre or classification, it is 'def'. Def Jam records took their name from this term.

The term originated in New York in the early 1980s. It made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 1993, whereby Rick Rubin (president of Def American Records) and members of the rap community subsequently had a mock funeral for the word, with a eulogy performed by Al Sharpton.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Solomon, Zaichkowsky and Polegato. Consumer Behaviour. Pearson, Toronto. 2005

 
 
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