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samfie

Syllables: sam·fie/ˈsæmˌfaɪ/

samfie adjective: pertaining to a scammer or a con artist.

Adjective

samfie (comparative more samfie, superlative most samfie)

  1. (Jamaica) Pertaining to a scammer or a con artist.
    • “The students were up in arms about being barred from exams over fees they owed. They were angry at the university, not at the Government, the biggest 'samfie' man in the country. […]”2012, Martin Henry, “Samfie Government - Broke pockets and broken education”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English)

Noun

samfie (plural samfies)

  1. (Jamaica) A confidence trickster, especially one who pretends to have supernatural powers.
  2. (Jamaica) trickery
    • “The examples of classism and gross inequity of the education system are abundant, and there is no amount of 'samfie' that the corporate communications office of the ministry can be ordered to publicise that will change this. […]”2017, Paulton Frankson, “Ed Ministry trying to muzzle NCEL head”, in The Jamaica Observer (in English), archived from the original on 30 Oct 2020

Forms of samfie

Adjective
comparativemore samfie
superlativemost samfie
Noun
pluralsamfies

Questions about samfie

What does samfie mean?
Samfie means pertaining to a scammer or a con artist.
What part of speech is samfie?
Samfie can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce samfie?
Samfie is pronounced /ˈsæmˌfaɪ/.

Words near samfie in the dictionary

  1. samesies
  2. samething
  3. samethings
  4. samey
  5. sameyness
  6. samfie
  7. samfies
  8. samfoo
  9. samfoos
  10. Samford
  11. Samfords

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