Can any US users please tell me, what do you mean when you call a girl or woman a "chippy"? I saw it on an old episode of "Friends", when Rachel refers to Emily as "that British chippy" - it was obvious she wasn't being complimentary, but I'd like to know exactly what it means.
2006-10-15 11:26:49 · 12 answers · asked by Specsy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
A chippie is a girl who's easy.
From the Urban Dictionary:
"Cheap, common, sexually promiscuous girl, wearing way too much makeup and shiny cheap jewelry, usually underage or close to it."
There are other definitions of the word, too, but this is the main understanding of it I've always heard about. It's no compliment.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chippie&defid=805127
2006-10-15 11:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
OOOH you raised some American Ire with this question. In the US we don't use the term but I think you know what Ms. Anaston - Rachel - was alluding to. I have to imagine people from other countries get our slang terms wrong too. I've heard the term "chippy" more that once and yes it does mean a lady of ill repute...as used in the US....not in the UK. It's a Good Question though....gave me a laugh at the answers. Loved that show.
Hope this helped!!
If you want to really get a response -- ask US members what a lady is if she is called "A dirty leg"?
2006-10-15 11:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by SNOOP 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
US slang, no. But I did find a site which elaborated differences between US and British English. Very good, but it was French and I didn't save the address.
2006-10-16 00:45:43 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chippy [from chip on shoulder] adj :
resentful.
chippy, chippie inf n :
carpenter, esp. on a construction site (see also butcher, sparky). Also a purveyor of fish and chips.
^ Speakers of British English use the term chippy as a noun meaning a "fish-and-chip shop" or a "carpenter".
Speakers of American English may use the word as a pejorative term for a prostitute.
2006-10-15 12:14:13 · answer #4 · answered by Froggy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL I think they were trying to incorporate English slang, since they were talking about Emily, a character that was from England. It just means girl.
2006-10-15 11:31:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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Can any US users please tell me, what do you mean when you call a girl or woman a "chippy"? I saw it on an old episode of "Friends", when Rachel refers to Emily as "that British chippy" - it was obvious she wasn't being complimentary, but I'd like to know...
2015-08-16 19:34:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It also means a fish and chip shop heh
2014-04-16 07:12:56 · answer #7 · answered by Summie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chippy doesn't mean anything in American English. It was just a dig at the chip-eating English. Nothing more. Sorry!
2006-10-15 11:29:28 · answer #8 · answered by Iknowsomestuff 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
A "chippy" is a woman of loose morals; a prostitute. Its is a word that has NOTHING to do with the UK.
2006-10-15 11:32:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Exactly, it is a nice way of calling her a prostitute. :)
I have also heard it used to refer to a usually younger woman or to one who is an airhead or a "twit."
2006-10-15 11:32:35 · answer #10 · answered by fordkid14 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋