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See also: TRIFE
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A conceptual and phonetic blend of tripe and trifle
Noun[edit]
trife (uncountable)
- (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[edit]
trife (comparative more trife, superlative most trife)
- (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!