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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(British, informal) A female chap; a woman.
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A cover to protect horse riding boots.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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