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highlife

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high·life or high life  (hlf)
n.
1. Informal An extravagant or luxurious style of living.
2. Popular West African dance music that combines African rhythms and Western-style pop melodies.
high-lifer n.
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Noun1.highlife - excessive spending
high life, lavishness, prodigality, extravagance
waste, wastefulness, dissipation - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
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