trifficult

English

Etymology

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.[1] Later popularised by a 2020 episode of the 2018 Australian animated children's TV series Bluey.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Of considerable difficulty.
    • 2013 October 8, LouAyWood, Twitter‎[2]:
      its very trifficult living with out internet. I do get to see lots of lovely cafés for their wifi though...
    • 2014 September 24, DigiDaughter, Twitter‎[3]:
      Minimum 3 & 1/2 hours drive tomorrow. Which is fine, as I predict that walking will be trifficult! :/
    • 2020 March 23, "Favourite Thing", season 2, episode 7 of Bluey:
      Bluey: [voiceover] Bingo was trying to eat cherry tomatoes with her fork.
      Bingo: This is trifficult!

References

  1. ^ “trifficult”, in Rice University Neologisms Database‎[1], Rice University, 7 September 2023 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 September 2023
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