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fo sho

fo sho is the pronunciation spelling of for sure.

Meaning of for sure

Prepositional phrase

  1. Definitely, positively, without a doubt.
    • I would buy one of those for sure.

Forms of fo sho

alternative formfo' sho'
alternative formfosho
alternative formfasho

Origin of fo sho

Based on a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).

Questions about fo sho

What is fo sho the pronunciation spelling of?
Fo sho is the pronunciation spelling of for sure.

Words near fo sho in the dictionary

  1. FNV
  2. fo
  3. fo sheezy
  4. fo shizzle
  5. fo shizzle my nizzle
  6. fo sho
  7. fo'
  8. fo' sheezy
  9. fo' shizzle
  10. fo' sho'
  11. fo'-fo'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fo sho (page history and authors); for sure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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