Difference between revisions of "Phifie"
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* '''fie:''' an expression of distaste or disapproval | * '''fie:''' an expression of distaste or disapproval | ||
* '''Pfeife''' (german) pipe | * '''Pfeife''' (german) pipe | ||
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+ | *'''Piffle:''' non-sense or jibberish |
Revision as of 17:39, 19 December 2009
- wifey, wifie: pet names for one's wife → addle liddle phifie = had a little wifey
- addle liddle phifie: ALP, a recurring initialism for Anna Livia Plurabelle
- Fifi: petname for Josephine → Napoleon Bonaparte's Joséphine?
- fife: a small, high-pitched flute used to accompany drums in a military marching band → particularly associated with Protestant marching bands in Ulster
- phi: the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet, commonly used to denote the phase of a wave in physics; the diameter of a circle in geometry
- fie: an expression of distaste or disapproval
- Pfeife (german) pipe
- Piffle: non-sense or jibberish