What is the meaning of the slang word chippy?
A prostitute or promiscuous woman
Chippy definition (US, slang) A prostitute or promiscuous woman. noun.
Where did the term chippy originate?
The term ‘Chippy’ is commonly used in Australia and the UK to refer to carpenters. The term is found as far back as the 16th century – no doubt in reference to the wood chips that flew as carpenters worked their magic. A proverb from 1770 states: ‘A carpenter is known by his chips’.
Whats another word for a chippy?
What is another word for chippy?
| combative | bellicose |
|---|---|
| assaultive | brawly |
| hostile | antagonistic |
| cantankerous | threatening |
| on the warpath | defiant |
Does chippy mean happy?
Chipper is most commonly used as an adjective meaning upbeat, cheerful, and high-spirited, especially in an outward way.
What does chippy mean in Scotland?
chippy (plural chippies) (Britain, slang) A fish-and-chip shop.
What does chippy mean in Ireland?
Variations on the name include fish bar, fishery (in Yorkshire), fish shop and chip shop. In the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, they are colloquially known as a chippy or fishy, while in the rest of Ireland and the Aberdeen area, they are known as chippers.
What does it mean to call a girl Chippy?
a promiscuous woman
noun, plural chip·pies. Also chippie. Slang. a promiscuous woman. a prostitute.
Why is a bed called a scratcher?
Scratcher = bed – apparently because settlers made them of sack cloth and they were itchy.
What is a chippy in NZ?
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A carpenter.
What do English people call a chipper?
Never realised the Irish called Chippies – Chippers. A chippy is a carpenter. Not eating from that. The Oxford English Dictionary is clear – a ‘chippy’ is a fish and chip shop while ‘chipper’ is another word for cheerfulness – but we aren’t accepting it as a neutral source.
What does scratcher mean in Scottish?
for bed
Scratcher is the universal (well, in Ireland and Scotland anyway) word for bed.
What is scratcher in slang?
A bed. ( etymology: rhyming slang, rhymes with “scratch your head”) usage references: ) noun.
What is a chippy in the UK?
chippy 1. / (ˈtʃɪpɪ) / noun plural -pies. British informal a fish-and-chip shop. British and NZ a slang word for carpenter.
What do Irish people call the chip shop?
What do British call French fries?
chips
We call French fries just fries, and thicker-cut fries that come from a chip shop are called chips. Then you’ve got thick, triangular chunks which we call potato wedges, which aren’t the same as circular fried slices (otherwise known as chips in other countries) which we call crisps.
What is a grass in Scottish slang?
A grass is someone who tells on someone to get them in trouble . For example, if Paul was to graffiti a wall and Mark told the police he did it – Mark would be seen as a ‘grass’
What does Papped mean in Scottish slang?
A beating, a thrashing.
Why is your bed called a scratcher?
Scratcher = bed – apparently because settlers made them of sack cloth and they were itchy. I don’t know if this is a kiwi saying, if it is then possibly one that has been adopted by the UK forces as my bed in the army was always known as my scratcher, or sometimes my ‘pit’.
What does scratcher mean in Ireland?
bed
Why are Italian chippers in Ireland?
A lot of Italians migrated to Ireland in the 1940s because of World War II. The 1950s saw most of the Italian chippers open around the country. After this, you no longer had to be in Dublin to get fish and chips. Onorio’s grandfather opened his chipper on The Quays in Dublin in the late 1950s.