trife

See also: TRIFE

English

Etymology

A conceptual and phonetic blend of tripe and trifle

Noun

trife (uncountable)

  1. A trivial matter or matters.
    Palace gossip? I doubt the Queen would concern herself with such trife!
    • 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.
    • 2007, KaShamba Williams, ‎Thomas Long, ‎La Jill Hunt, Around the Way Girls 2, page 31:
      This shit is trife!
    • 2014, Keough Collins, My Surrender is Never II, →ISBN, page 29:
      This life is trife!

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