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An acronym meaning Conservative Ignorant Female American; coined by the ThePlaidCrew.com news & politics blog.

It is a suburban female with Christian values who has rarely follows news that is not covered on Regis and Kelly or the fourth hour of the Today Show.

This woman thinks that watching the news is unpleasant, and thus, remains ill-informed on important issues. This lack of knowledge does not, however, deter her from voicing her opinion and believing that her worldview is the right one.

You will typically find these women in their idling Hummers outside their children's hockey practices or in PTA meetings trying to get books banned.

They typically vote the way their husbands tell them to, and live their lives according to that day's episode of Oprah.

Famous CIFA's: Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Sarah Palin, Kelly Ripa, Kathy Lee Gifford, that woman in the PTA who got Halloween costumes banned at your kids' school.
"Only a CIFA would think Sarah Palin is a good vice presidential candidate."
CIFA by theplaidcrew October 24, 2008
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Crap, it's Friday already.

Expression used when one is not happy at all that it is Friday because the week is as good as over.
CIFA? I'm never going to be able to finish this report by Monday!
CIFA by robbeuh August 16, 2011
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Lucia Cifarelli 

Female member of German Industrial bands KMFDM and MDFMK. Also does her own Solo project. Her debut album is entitled, "From the Land of Volcanoes', which KMFDM lead singer Sascha K. occasionally helped do work on.
Wanna go see KMFDM in concert?

Of course I would! The band kicks ass, and Lucia Cifarelli is very sexy.
Lucia Cifarelli by Mister E. February 14, 2004
Cuban word to define an artist's hustle.

Cifarra
Tengo una cifarra este fin de semana.
cifarra by jessi1994 May 21, 2020
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026