Is it acceptable to substitute the word "Definitely" with the word "Defo"?

And are there other acceptable shortened words?
15:27 Thu 31st May 2012
 
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Yes, of course it is, if you are talking to your friends.
No, of course it isn't, if you are in a formal situation or with someone whom you do not know.
Why would you want to shorten it. If you want two syllables instead of four, why not say "for sure"
It might become acceptable in time. Pram was once perambulator and prom was promenade.
If I said "defo" to my friends when I meant "definitely", they wouldn't know what
I was talking about.
"Yes" is even shorter
Does anyone shorten 'absolutely' to 'abso'?
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I blame Jimmy Young...
And if you can't be bothered to open your mouth nod your head.
I am ashamed to say I went out a couple of times with jy around 1970.
Uni seems to be an almost acceptable shortening now. I even use it myself although it grated on me for ages.
I find myself saying IMO in conversation lately, such is the influence of Answerbank.
When my girls were up north at uni they talked about going to the offy which I had not heard before.
I find myself putting PMSL in work e-mails
Goodbye is a corruption of "God be with ye"

Personally I don't like defo or dis but our wonderful language is, and always will be, a work in progress.
It starts with rare use then moves to interchangeable like

'Plane - aeroplane
'phone - telephone

Then the full word becomes rarer to the point that it's archaic

'Bus - Omnibus

But lots of slang dies a death and is never seen again

don't quite see "defo" making the cut but what do I know
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Aw fo sho.
Fab?

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