trifficult
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Adjective[edit]
trifficult (not generally comparable, comparative more trifficult, superlative most trifficult)
- (Internet slang, humorous) Of considerable difficulty.
- 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[edit]
- ^ “trifficult”, in Rice University Neologisms Database[1], Rice University, 2023 September 7 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 September 2023