chapette
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.
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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.
She's a good chapette — always the first to buy a round and the last to complain about the walk home.
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A cover to protect horse riding boots.
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(British, informal) A female chap; a woman.
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- chapess80%
(British, informal) A female chap; a woman.
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Chapess is a cheerful British informal word for a woman — a feminine form of chap, the classic English term for a fellow or bloke. The word has a warmly inclusive quality, extending the blokey camaraderie of chap to women without fuss. It appears in conversations between friends, in media coverage of female adventurers and outdoors types, and anywhere the speaker wants to acknowledge a woman as a full participant in the world of decent, salt-of-the-earth human beings.
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(British, informal) A chap; a fellow.
- chavette66%
(British, pejorative, slang) A female chav.