(Internet slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Products, especially electronics, manufactured or designed in China, regarded as being of poor-quality and prone to failure.
(Internet slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Products, especially electronics, manufactured or designed in China, regarded as being of poor-quality and prone to failure.
The Windows firewall built into Vista, and Windows 7 is class. Why would I want to use Chinkware with Geekbuddy support , or indeed insert any third party code into the very fine network stack developed by Microsoft, with a little help f…
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(computing, slang, pejorative) Exceptionally low-quality software.
(slang, derogatory, sometimes, humorous) Low-quality products made in China; the imaginary worthless material used to make such products.
(slang) A Chinese-made imitation Kalashnikov rifle.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) China.
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(Internet slang, computing, derogatory, ethnic slur) Software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware.
That will mean lots more chinkware for you to hype.
"chinkware" means: Software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"chinkware" means: Software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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