'fore

See also: fore, Fore, fóre, foré, forè, fôre, före, főre, fore-, and føre

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of before.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɔː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /fɔɹ/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Homophones: fore, four, for (in accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Preposition

'fore

(chiefly African-American Vernacular) before
- 1996, Nas (lyrics and music), “The Message”, in It Was Written‎:
  Heard shots and dropped, son, caught a hot one
  Somebody take this biscuit 'fore the cops come
- 2014, J. Cole (lyrics and music), “No Role Modelz”, in 2014 Forest Hills Drive‎:
  I got defensive and said, "Nah, I was the same without it"
  But then I thought back, back to a better me
  Before I was a B-list celebrity
  'Fore I started callin' bitches "bitches" so heavily

Further reading

“'fore”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.

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