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.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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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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