trife

T1R1I1F4E1
/tɹaɪf/

noun

A trivial matter or matters.

RareScrabble 8

Meanings

nountrife (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountabledancingA trivial matter or matters.

    This life is trife!

    2014, Keough Collins, My Surrender is Never II, →ISBN, page 29
    3 more examples

    Trife is trife even, in a reform synagogue.

    1991, Richard M. Elman, Tar Beach, page 259

    l thought niggahs was trife, but bitches ain't no joke.

    2003, Ed McNair, My Time to Shine: A Novel, page 232

    You may refurbish your life But, you can't avoid trife

    2014, The Hidden Stairwell, page 138
adjectivetrife (comparative more trife, superlative most trife)

comparative more trife · superlative most trife

  1. slangdancingUnforgiveable; reprehensible.

    This shit is trife!

    2007, KaShamba Williams, Thomas Long, La Jill Hunt, Around the Way Girls 2, page 31
    4 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 Brother

    My life is as trife as your favorite rap record.

    2002, Atmosphere, Onemosphere

    He 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 35

    Just 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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