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Blend of Memphis +‎ Africa, alluding to the substantial number of African Americans who reside there.

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Memfrica

  1. (ethnic slur, derogatory, slang, offensive) Synonym of Memphis (city in Tennessee)
    • 2002, Resistance - Issues 17-21, page 62:
      The only good thing I've heard lately is that my nephew's friends all call Memphis (my home town) "Memfrica," which makes me suspect that maybe not all young Whites are blind and dumb.
    • 2010, Kevin L. Hogan, Politically Correct My Ass...:
      Over the next several weeks I placed numerous calls and sent countless e-mails to every news outlet in the fine nation of Memfrica.
    • 2015, Joshua Savage, Melting Pot, page 84:
      Still, man, they take our jobs and don't pay taxes and bring drugs. It's bad enough the blacks have turned this place into 'Memfrica' and now we gotta worry about them too?”