dunnarf

English

Alternative forms

• dun'narf

Etymology

A reduction of do not half or does not half.

Adverb

dunnarf (not comparable)

1. (British, informal) really.
   • 1971, Ian Curteis, Long Voyage Out of War: A Trilogy of Television Plays, published 1971, page 175:

     I dunnarf feel ill .

   • 2013, Phillipa Bowers, The Secrets Of The Cave, published 2013, page 41:

     I knock it every time we kneel for prayers, it dunnarf hurt.

   • 2013, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Gutted, published 2013:

     FRANKIE presents her hands. BRIDIE holds them – checking the feel of them. You lot dun'narf get the pretty ones duncha? Don't know how you brood of ugly bastards do it.

Usage notes

This seems to be English vernacular. It is an intensifier; in most cases it can be replaced by the word really. Compare not half.