What “Fenke-fenke” means
Fenke-fenke describes something weak, flimsy or poor in quality, or a person who seems feeble or lacks energy. The doubled form is typical of Patois, where repeating a word adds emphasis.
Examples
Dis chair fenke-fenke, nuh siddung pon it.
This chair is flimsy, don't sit on it.
Im too fenke-fenke fi lift dat.
He's too feeble to lift that.
How to use it
Mildly mocking or dismissive. It is more common among older speakers and in rural speech than in current youth slang.
Cultural context
The app's culture chapter on the birth of the language uses fenke-fenke as an example of reduplication, the West African pattern of doubling a word for emphasis.