Nuff Respect
"Thank you" or "I appreciate that," delivered with real sincerity. "Nuff" here means "enough," as in "plenty."
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How it's used
This is relationship vocabulary — how people in the GTA refer to friends, crews, and showing respect.
“You helped me move that whole apartment — nuff respect.”
Where it comes from
Origin: Jamaican Patois. It's one of many Toronto terms that trace back to Jamaican Patois, brought into the city through Toronto's Caribbean communities. Read the fuller story in our history of Toronto slang.
Sources
This entry was compiled through general research into Toronto/GTA slang rather than one single citable source — see the full bibliography in SOURCES.md and the wider context in our history of Toronto slang.