trife

See also: TRIFE

English

Etymology

A conceptual and phonetic blend of tripe and trifle

Noun

trife (uncountable)

1. (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

trife (comparative more trife, superlative most trife)

1. (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!

Anagrams

• efrit, freit, refit, treif