(slang, derogatory) A deaf person.
I have heard a headteacher in school refer to the 'deafos' in the unit and that, arguably, was more unforgivable than the remark made by a man watching the Bromley Chain float pass by in the carnival procession.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(endearing, or, derogatory, slang) A deaf person.
An informal, and potentially sensitive, term for a deaf person. Within the Deaf community it can carry an affectionate, in-group quality — a casual shorthand among people who share that experience. Used by outsiders, though, it can land as dismissive or offensive. Context and relationship matter enormously with this one; it's a word that belongs to the community it describes.
Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
(UK, offensive) A person wearing a hearing aid.
Unable to hear.