Meanings
- slanguncountabledancingA trivial matter or matters.
This life is trife!
2014, Keough Collins, My Surrender is Never II, →ISBN, page 293 more examples
Trife is trife even, in a reform synagogue.
1991, Richard M. Elman, Tar Beach, page 259l thought niggahs was trife, but bitches ain't no joke.
2003, Ed McNair, My Time to Shine: A Novel, page 232You may refurbish your life But, you can't avoid trife
2014, The Hidden Stairwell, page 138
comparative more trife · superlative most trife
- slangdancingUnforgiveable; reprehensible.
This shit is trife!
2007, KaShamba Williams, Thomas Long, La Jill Hunt, Around the Way Girls 2, page 314 more examples
Okay, you wanna act trife and flip the script / With your Wonderama drama slash coma riff.
1991, Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth, Mecca and the Soul BrotherMy life is as trife as your favorite rap record.
2002, Atmosphere, OnemosphereHe bought her that drug, Satan's so trife, Now she addicted to the needle, A friend done ruined her life,
2008, Tyrone Purcell Roundtree Sr., Soapbox, page 35Just get out of my crib with your trife ass!
2012, Braya Spice, Dear Drama
Origin
A conceptual and phonetic blend of tripe and trifle
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trife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trife
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