Offi
Agreed, understood, done — "oficial" clipped down to two syllables by young Panama.
Related lesson: Panamanian Spanish: A Survival Guide.
Hear it in context
—Te busco a las siete. —Offi.
'I'll pick you up at seven.' 'Cool.'
Offi, entonces nos vemos allá directo.
Right, so we will meet there directly.
—¿Confirmamos para el sábado? —Offi, mano.
'Shall we confirm for Saturday?' 'Done, mate.'
What It Actually Means
Offi is an acknowledgement: message received, agreed, it is on. It carries no enthusiasm — that is the point. Where Argentina says dale, Colombia says listo and Mexico says va, young Panama says offi, and the sentence is closed.
Where It Comes From
Clipped from oficial: the plan is official, so the reply is offi. The spelling has not settled — you will see offi and ofi in roughly equal measure, and the doubled f is an English-influenced habit rather than anything Spanish orthography would produce, which is itself very Panamanian.
How Natives Use It
Text first, speech second, and young throughout — this is a WhatsApp word that escaped into conversation, standing alone as a complete turn or opening one (offi, entonces…). It belongs to the same informal register as buco and chuleta, but unlike them it has almost no reach beyond people under about thirty-five.
Common Pitfall
Two warnings. First, direction: an offi sent up the hierarchy — to a client, a landlord, an official — reads as flippant, and perfecto or de acuerdo costs nothing. Second, shelf life. Clipped slang like this dates fastest of all; words like chévere survive generations, but offi is the kind of word that will one day place a speaker precisely in the 2020s. Use it while it is alive, and expect it to be replaced.