See also: Fifi, fi-fi, and fifí

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Etymology

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Noun

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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.

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References

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  • (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

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Chuukese

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Noun

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fifi

  1. lightning
  2. electricity

French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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fifi m (plural fifis)

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

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Swahili

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Adjective

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fifi (invariable)

  1. cheap, valueless
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. fading

Tahitian

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Etymology

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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

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fifi

  1. chain

Adjective

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fifi

  1. complicated, difficult

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  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

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Ternate

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Verb

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fifi

  1. (transitive) to suck

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fifi
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tofifi fofifi mififi
2nd nofifi nififi
3rd Masculine ofifi ififi, yofifi
Feminine mofifi
Neuter ififi
- archaic

References

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