Asifism is a termed coined by opponents of the Guyanese politician Asif Mohamed. Asifism was first used by Annan Boodram. Other political opponents soon caught on and used the term to describe Mr. Mohamed's unusual style of debate.

Also a popular sub term 'asif' from the Asif Sheikh society (founded by arizzy, akammy and "far" Yousuf otherwise known as the notoriuos yousuf brothers 1 being jailed for a serious of slaps one of the most popular slaps being on a one jamie bailey in the common rooms of sunderland high school arizzy was strongly provoked and when asked about his ations does not comment, however he does utter the unkown word shiiiiiiiiii) as a means of describing someone with a brown complexity and/or even ethnicity.