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Written chep N.Cy.1 ; chaup Abd. [tjap, tjaep, Nhb. also tjep.]
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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- chappy56%
(British, informal) A chap; a fellow.
- chapess55%
(British, informal) A female chap; a woman.
- chapette55%
(British, informal) A female chap; a woman.
- chappy52%
Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
- chapette52%
A light-hearted British informal word for a woman or girl, formed by adding the feminine suffix '-ette' to 'chap,' the standard British term for a fellow or bloke. Chapette is playful rather than serious, often used with affection or gentle irony. It gained traction in the 1980s and 90s as a tongue-in-cheek way to include women in traditionally male-coded language without making a big deal of it.