fifi

See also: Fifi, fi-fi, and fifí

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

fifi (plural fifis)

  1. (slang, US, vulgar) An improvised vagina substitute used for masturbation.
    • 1999 September 25, no_one [username], “MASTURBATION TRICKS, TIP, AND HOME DEVICES”, in alt.sex.masturbation[1]:
      If you have done it correctly you will have a fairly heavy gell [sic] filled "fifi". A female condom can be easily inserted.

Coordinate terms

References

  • (improvised sex toy): 1998, Kenneth J. Peak, Justice Administration (page 284)
  • (improvised sex toy): 2002, Jeffrey Ian Ross, Stephen C. Richards, Behind Bars: Surviving Prison

See also

Chuukese

Noun

fifi

  1. lightning
  2. electricity

French

Etymology

From Fifi, either as a woman's name or as the stereotypical name for a pampered lap dog.

Noun

fifi m (plural fifis)

  1. (slang, Quebec, offensive) gay man, faggot

Derived terms

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

fifi (invariable)

  1. cheap, valueless
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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *fifi “entangled, confused” (compare with Maori whiwhi) related to Proto-Oceanic *pisi (“bind up, tie up, wind round, wrap” – compare with Tongan fihi “tangled, intricate, complicated”, Samoan fisi “to entwine” and Fijian vici “to bind, to coil”)[1][2]

Noun

fifi

  1. chain

Adjective

fifi

  1. complicated, difficult

References

  1. ^ See “fifi.2a”, “fisi” in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011).
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 292-3

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate to Galela pipi, Tabaru wiwisi, Sahu ḇowisi, Tobelo hihihi (Heleworuru), and possibly Tobelo fififi (Boeng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.fi/

Verb

fifi

  1. (transitive) to suck

Conjugation

Conjugation of fifi
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tofifi fofifi mififi
2nd person nofifi nififi
3rd
person
masculine ofifi ififi
yofifi (archaic)
feminine mofifi
neuter ififi

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh