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.
She called herself a deafie with a laugh — it was clearly her word to use, not ours.
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(endearing, or, derogatory, slang) A deaf person.
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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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