trifficult

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adjective

Of considerable difficulty.

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Meanings

adjectivetrifficult (not generally comparable, comparative more trifficult, superlative most trifficult)

comparative more trifficult · superlative most trifficult

  1. Internethumorousnot comparableusuallyOf considerable difficulty.

    Bluey: [voiceover] Bingo was trying to eat cherry tomatoes with her fork.

    2020 March 23, "Favourite Thing", season 2, episode 7 of Bluey
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    its very trifficult living with out internet. I do get to see lots of lovely cafés for their wifi though...

    2013 October 8, LouAyWood, Twitter

    Minimum 3 & 1/2 hours drive tomorrow. Which is fine, as I predict that walking will be trifficult! :/

    2014 September 24, DigiDaughter, Twitter

Origin

Blend of tricky + difficult. Alternatively, blend of triple + difficult, from the analogy of di- + fficult. The Rice University Neologisms Database listed the term since as early as 10 June 2008 as a blend of trying + difficult. Later popularised by a 2020 episode of the 2018 Australian animated children's TV series Bluey.

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APA

trifficult. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trifficult

MLA

“trifficult.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trifficult. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trifficult,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trifficult.

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