'nuff
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of 'nuff
An Americanism dating to 1770–80; by shortening and respelling
Example Sentences
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As one reader put it, “Off. White carpet. ’nuff said.”
From Seattle Times
Tina got her sea legs as a songwriter early in the 1970s, working on her own and collaborating with such writers as Leon Ware, a Motown vet who co-wrote much of 1971’s “‘Nuff Said,” the LP that was the sequel to “Proud Mary.”
From Los Angeles Times
No reference is too niche, whether it’s an alternative version of Berry Gordy’s 1985 karate comedy, “The Last Dragon,” that is sympathetic to the film’s bad guy, Sho’nuff, or a take on Washington, D.C.’s go-go music.
From New York Times
The way that Bird and Dizzy play “Shaw ’Nuff,” they’re so accurate it almost sounds like one person playing.
From New York Times
As Stan Lee liked to say, “‘Nuff said!”
From Los Angeles Times
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