Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pantifa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pan-tifa
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Antifa, specifically the North American movement that arose in the late 2010s.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"2017 August, reader comment on Black Bloc warning urges more violence against Canadian journalists I call then ‘Pantifa’ because they cover their faces with their Mom's Old Underwear!"
"You are a pantifa? Panty Fascist]"
"Most people who support pantifa have never worked a day in their life"
"And the police union’s newsletter refers to Antifa as a “police/military hate group,” calling it “PANTI-FA.” Get it? Panties!"
"Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood from their BLM and Pantifa slave soldiers being spilled. Get violent."
"On January 5, 2021, in an email with the subject line “BLM from Baltimore,” a Capitol Police official in the Intelligence and Interagence Coordination Division forwarded a tweet to colleagues that warned of “Pantifa/bLM Balt/DC branches are already bussing in people to disturb January 6ᵗʰ.[…]”"

Etymology

From mid-2017, a blend of panty + Antifa. See quotations and also the expression get one's panties in a bunch.

Usage

Derogatory

Questions

What does pantifa mean?: Antifa, specifically the North American movement that arose in the late 2010s.
Where does pantifa come from?: From mid-2017, a blend of panty + Antifa. See quotations and also the expression get one's panties in a bunch.

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