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Informal French word for a woman or girl, used in everyday speech roughly like "girl", "chick" or "girlfriend" depending on context (« ma meuf » can mean my girlfriend). The male counterpart is « keum ». It is casual and colloquial, and its tone ranges from neutral to dismissive depending on speaker and setting; it is not used in formal French.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Il a présenté sa meuf à ses potes pendant la soirée."

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionnaire records « meuf » as verlan of « femme » (the syllables are inverted), and cites the film À Nous les Garçons (1984) and, for the earlier form « meufa », a 1971 Jacques Dutronc song, though it flags those attestations as needing a better reference. It also lists « keum » as the male counterpart. The 'woman' sense is the dictionary meaning; no internet-specific first use is documented.

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Unknown (Wiktionnaire cites attestations from 1971 and 1984 for related forms; not independently confirmed)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
1980s onward, widespread in 2010s youth speech
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Legacy / Decaying Slang
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