trife

adjective

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

underhanded;

troublesome;

ruthless

Collocates -ass⁷, hoe⁶, bitch⁵, shit⁴, block³, gangsta³, I'mma³, as fuck², cat², crew², dog², god², hood², ice², mad², spit², street², yo², 44, aight, ayo, as shit, baby mama, beat, bring, Brownsville, bug, chill, clique, club, cold, Crooklyn, dap, doja, dope, ends, flip the script, front, fuck with, fuck with, game, get your ____ on, ghetto, ghetto, hater, hate, heat, hit, homie, hustle, hype, hype, ill, keyed up, kick, MC, pack, pie, PJs, project, realness, rhyme, rift, rock, rock, sheisty, slip, slug, snitch, son, squad, steady, thug, tryna, wack, white line, word, bid

Etymology Derives from triflin

Synonyms gritty, gully, gutter, rugged, shady

Related concepts hood, street

Timeline

1987 The Lord Shafiyq "My Mic Is On Fire" [My Mic Is On Fire / Kool Kat]
I'm gettin trife like a mortal with a Ginsu knife
1988-11-03 Slick Rick "Kit (What's The Scoop?)" [The Great Adventures of Slick Rick]
Someone threw a knife, who could be this trife
1989-11-07 Queen Latifah "Latifah's Law" [All Hail The Queen]
Life, it's trife, yeah, but these things happen

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trife

adverb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

in an underhanded manner;

ruthlessly

Collocates dog³, cold³, loot², flip the script², bout², buck, buck-wild, club, crew, dough, front, G, game, gangsta, hella, homie, I'mma, mad, on the regular, stack, straight, sucker, thug, tight, trip, word, bitch, sheisty, aight, B.I., block, body

Etymology Derives from triflin

Timeline

1988-11-03 Slick Rick "Lick The Balls" [The Great Adventures of Slick Rick]
Act trife, I'll let my dog cold fuck ya wife
1990-07-01 Run-D.M.C. "Naughty" [Back From Hell]
If this is life, your wife, you're livin trife
1991-06-25 Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Mecca & The Soul Brother" [All Souled Out EP]
Okay, you wanna act trife and flip the script

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trife

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

the impoverished;

trouble

Collocates ayo, peace, wig, yo

Etymology Derives from triflin

Timeline

1994-02-01 Fugees "Living Like There Ain't No Tomorrow" [Blunted On Reality]
I be the lion that guards the trife
1999-02-23 The Roots "Table of Contents (Parts 1 & 2)" [Things Fall Apart]
My religion is a way of life, but the trife replays
2000-09-19 Amil "Smile 4 Me" [All Money Is Legal]
360 catching up to all the trife I did

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