trife

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English

Etymology

A conceptual and phonetic blend of tripe and trifle

Noun

trife (uncountable)

  1. (hip-hop, slang) A trivial matter or matters.
    • 1991, Richard M. Elman, Tar Beach, page 259:
      Trife is trife even, in a reform synagogue.
    • 2003, Ed McNair, My Time to Shine: A Novel, page 232:
      l thought niggahs was trife, but bitches ain't no joke.
    • 2014, Keough Collins, My Surrender is Never II, →ISBN, page 29:
      This life is trife!
    • 2014, The Hidden Stairwell, page 138:
      You may refurbish your life But, you can't avoid trife

Adjective

trife (comparative more trife, superlative most trife)

  1. (hip-hop, slang) Unforgiveable; reprehensible.
    • 1991, Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth, Mecca and the Soul Brother:
      Okay, you wanna act trife and flip the script / With your Wonderama drama slash coma riff.
    • 2002, Atmosphere, Onemosphere:
      My life is as trife as your favorite rap record.
    • 2007, KaShamba Williams, Thomas Long, La Jill Hunt, Around the Way Girls 2, page 31:
      This shit is trife!
    • 2008, Tyrone Purcell Roundtree Sr., Soapbox, page 35:
      He bought her that drug, Satan's so trife, Now she addicted to the needle, A friend done ruined her life,
    • 2012, Braya Spice, Dear Drama:
      Just get out of my crib with your trife ass!

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