a donf

[lessingleton]

Can someone please tell me what 'a donf' (as written on the side of Ellen MacArthur's boat) means???

[ursula62]

It's French slang. It means "go for it" or, since it was sponsored by B&Q  "you can do it {if you B & Q it}"

[Sunny spell]

"a donf" is from a sort of reversed slang called "verlan" which swaps letters and/or syllables. It stands for "a fond" which I would translate roughly as "completely" or "all" in "give it your all"