Meanings
alternative Memphrica · alternative Mem-frica
- derogatoryethnicoffensiveslangslurDerogatory name for Memphis: a large city in Tennessee, United States.
Over the next several weeks I placed numerous calls and sent countless e-mails to every news outlet in the fine nation of Memfrica.
2010, Kevin L. Hogan, Politically Correct My Ass...2 more examples
The only good thing I've heard lately is that my nephew's friends all call Memphis (my home town) "Memfrica," which makes me suspect that maybe not all young Whites are blind and dumb.
2002, Resistance - Issues 17-21, page 62Still, man, they take our jobs and don't pay taxes and bring drugs. It's bad enough the blacks have turned this place into 'Memfrica' and now we gotta worry about them too?”
2015, Joshua Savage, Melting Pot, page 84
Origin
Blend of Memphis + Africa, alluding to the substantial number of African Americans who reside there.
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Memfrica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Memfrica
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