fairy snuff

English

Etymology

Humorous alteration due to the homeophony of fair enough (fâ'rĭnŭfʹ) and fairy snuff (fâ'rĭsnŭfʹ).

Pronunciation

Interjection

fairy snuff

  1. (originally Cockney rhyming slang) fair enough
    • 1981, Peter Wright, Cockney Dialect and Slang, Batsford, →ISBN, page 99, →ISBN:
      An impeccable Cockney rhyme, though it may offend purists of speech, is burnt cinders ‘windows’; whilst fairy snuff ‘fair enough’ is certainly a true rhyme despite its extra s.

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