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mif

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: French Internet CultureCLUSTER: french_youth_slang

French verlan slang for family or one's close circle of relatives, a clipped form of « mifa ». Used in speech, rap and social media for one's family, and more loosely for the people closest to you.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Je passe le week-end avec ma mif."

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionnaire defines « mif » as a verlan apocope of « mifa », a synonym of « famille », listed as an invariable feminine noun. Its single dated citation is Nekfeu (Ken Samaras), Un homme et un microphone no 2, 2016. Further spread of the word online is a recent term; no dated source found yet.

FIRST SEEN

2016 (earliest dated Wiktionnaire citation: Nekfeu, Un homme et un microphone no 2)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s to 2020s, French rap and social media

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:la mif reuf

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRmif →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2016 (earliest dated Wiktionnaire citation: Nekfeu, Un homme et un microphone no 2)

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