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:

     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

• fleshlight
• pocketpussy

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

• fifi hook

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

• fif

References

• “fifi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

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

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “fifi” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfi.fi]

Verb

fifi

1. (transitive) to suck

Conjugation

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

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