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 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