STIF
noun
STIF is spelled S-T-I-F: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, STIF means “A gay man seen as exhibiting heterosexual manners or attitudes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of STIF is STIFs.
How many letters and syllables are in STIF?
| Letters | 4: S-T-I-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is STIF?
STIF appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of STIF
- STIFs plural
- STIFF
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does STIF mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedslangA gay man seen as exhibiting heterosexual manners or attitudes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does STIF come from?
Modified acronym of "straight-identified faggot". Punning on the slang sense of stiff, "a conventionalist person".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).