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bifta en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪftə/

Etymology

Thorne describes the word as playground slang from the 1970s and derives it from spina bifida.

Meanings

1. (UK, slang) A cannabis cigarette.
   • Such a perfect spot to have lunch, and another bifta. I don't think the rest of the tourists with us were pleased that all the guides were getting high, but it's the end of the season, so no one gives a shit anymore. 2014, Tommy Hawkins, Let's Get Dogs#!t, →ISBN:
   • 'Roll another fat one, Rashid,' Dooley said, looking over. 'Another giant bifta for the tea-break.' 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 94:
   • He half-stood, keeping his back bent, and extended his left hand and the bifta toward me. 2002, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Stories, →ISBN, page 255:
2. (qualifier:Liverpool, slang) A cigarette.
   • I go for a bifta. Contrary to the fags-and-black-coffee cliche, I'm about the only smoker in the division. 1998, Robert Newman, Manners, page 8:
   • Yo, yes light the bifta / I'm gonna rape your little sister 2016, “Road Rage (Freestyle)”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate):
3. (UK, slang, with "full") Everything that is available or possible; the works.
   • The full stem to stern bifta, as they said. 2015, J. R. Ward, Blood Kiss, →ISBN:
   • 'Well, hand relief is fifteen quid, a blow job's twenty, and the full bifta is forty-five quid.' 2009, Martina Cole, The Ladykiller, →ISBN:
   • Suits, top hats, the full bifta, then we can swan around the owners' enclosure looking the bollocks. 2011, Mark Baxter, Paolo Hewitt, The Mumper, →ISBN:

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