fairy nuff

• Fairy Nuff (spelt as though it were the proper name of a fairy)
• fairy 'nuff (rare)

From fair enough, metanalysed as faire nough, with faire spelt as fairy for humorous effect, and nough (an existing, old, informal and aphetic form of enough) as nuff (or 'nuff), its usual informal spelling (commoner than 'nough).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɛəɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/, /fɛː-/ (see fair for more variants)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɛɚ‿ɪˈnʌf/, /-‿i-/, /-‿ə-/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /feːɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/

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• Rhymes: -ʌf

fairy nuff

1. (humorous, chiefly Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of fair enough.
   • 1996 June 10, adrienne, “FREEEEEEE”, in alt.kids-talk‎^[1] (Usenet):

     [Creep writes:]
     […]
     * No, that ius becaus I am *always* a bad typer.
     ahh... fairy nuff. :)

   • 2007 September 26, The Older Gentleman, “Total loss ignition”, in rec.motorcycles.tech‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Project Magnet #1 <test_spa...@cox.net> wrote:
     […]
     > Never heard of total loss being used in that context myself. Always used
     > to describe a battery ignition with no means to keep the battery charged.
     Fairy nuff.

   • 2010 October 22, michael adams, “Mitre bond adhesive”, in uk.d-i-y‎^[3] (Usenet):

     [chris French wrote:]
     >Which particular type of mitre did you use it for?
     >Pelmets on the top of kitchen and fitted bedroom cupboards, where it[ ]worked well/
     Fairy nuff. Two or three visible angles at most, front and sides.

   • 2012 August 8, aracer, Unicyclist.com‎^[4] (forum), archived from the original on 3 August 2025; replying to wdmunicyclist, Unycycle on a roof rack, 2012 June 18:

     Fairy nuff - I drive around most of the time with a kayak rack on the roof, but when going on family holiday the uni still went in the boot!

   • 2015 January 30, Ivan, Café Saxophone‎^[5], archived from the original on 16 February 2025, Forums; replying to Nick Wyver, sidenius, Help me identify this Selmer Metal Soprano, 2015 January 26:

     Nick Wyver said:
     <blatent plug>
     I've got one for sale!

     Fairy nuff
     I don't want to dent sales so I'll desist from further Polonium 210 related rant (other metalloid contaminants are available)

   • 2015 July 10, Foxster, Kerbal Space Program‎^[6], archived from the original on 2 June 2024, KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange; replying to xoknight, [SHOWCASE!] Manned Maneuvering Unit/ Jetpack / EVA pack YOU NAME IT- THREAD, 2014 January 15:

     Rath said:
     *Manned maneuvering unit, not manned landing unit*

     Fairy nuff. You can of course use it as a maneuvering unit - with a range that includes any body in Kerbal's solar system.

   • 2016 January 31, jesu (OP), “Beta Band - Old Jock Radio”, in NeoGAF‎^[7], archived from the original on 3 August 2025, Off-Topic:

     Bobby Roberts said:
     What is this?

     […]
     10 more posts than I expected, fairy nuff.

   • 2024 September 19, u/eastkent, “I too made deep fried chicken, and for the first time!”, in r/UKfood‎^[8], Reddit, archived from the original on 3 August 2025:

     Oh fairy nuff, I didn't spot that. You know how some people are about their air fryers :)