How do you pronounce iife?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪfi/.

iife

/ˈɪfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

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"You’ve already seen it mentioned a few times, but in case it wasn’t clear, I’m proposing the term “Immediately-Invoked Function Expression”, and “IIFE” if you like acronyms. The pronunciation “iffy” was suggested to me, and I like it, so let’s go with that. What is an Immediately-Invoked Function Expression? It’s a function expression that gets invoked immediately. Just like the name would lead you to believe."

IIFEs (plural)

iffy

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