Wednesday, June 13, 2007

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Chi-Chi

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Chi-Chi (or Chi Chi) may refer to many things including:

  • Chi-Chi, A pet name Marie used for Frank on one episode of Everybody Loves Raymond.
  • Chi-Chi's, a former Tex-Mex restaurant chain.
  • Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
  • Chichi, a fictional character in the Dragon Ball metaseries.
  • Chi-Chi (Scarface), a fictional character in the 1983 movie Scarface.
  • Chi Chi, a cosmetic brand.
  • Chi Chi, the name of a Giant Panda at London Zoo from 1958. She was one of the first Giant Pandas in a western zoo.
  • Chi-Chi, arial woody sprouts produced from the trunk or branches by ginkgos, either from stress or old age.
  • Jiji Township (Chi-Chi), a township in the Nantou County in Taiwan, China, where a famous earthquake took place (see Chi-Chi earthquake.)
  • Chi-Chi, the name for a cocktail that resembles a piña colada, but made with a vodka base spirit instead of rum.
  • Chichi, one of two nicknames given to the former French president Jacques Chirac.[1]
  • Chi Chi Fraternity or XX (fraternity), a modern Greek fraternity founded at the University of Connecticut.
  • Affectionate term for a Chihuahua dog.

[edit] Meanings in different languages

  • chichi, a French word meaning false curly hair or fig. humbug
  • Chichi, an English word meaning fussily affected or ostentatiously stylish, used to describe clothes, interior décor, etc
  • Chichi, a term used by the British in India and ethnic Indians to refer to people suspected of being mixed race
  • Chi Chi, a term of endearment in the Italian dialect of Trieste, Italy
  • Chi-Chi, Jamaican slang for an undesirable person, frequently a homosexual
  • Chichi, Japanese for "father".
  • Chichi (pl. chichis), Mexican Spanish slang for "tit" or "breast"
  • Chi Chi, a Singaporean children's hand game
  • Chi-Chi, Spanish (Castilian) slang for "cunt." It is possible the term is not used in this context in South America.
  • Chichi, a prison snack consisting of cheese-flavored junk food, noodles, and meat cooked with hot water in a plastic bag
  • Chi Chi, a slang term used by Indian toddlers to refer to feces
  • Chi Chi, affectionate name used for Igbo girls of Eastern Nigeria whose names begin with CHI (meaning God)

4 comments:

Isha said...

in SL, some use the term 'chi chi' to mean 'disgusting' (usually used by middle-aged/elderly women). It's said in a high-pitched tone. what made you look up 'chi chi' anyway? ;)

simran said...

i was looking for the correct way to spell chi-chi (as in pretentious) and found this on wikipedia ;o) funny, cause we use chi-chi in hindi to mean disgusting too ;o)

Spar said...

Hee hee hee. Chi chi would make a good name for a pet chihuahua... Chihuahua's apparently also a state in N Mexico. Don'tcha just love the wonders of the 'net?!

Anil P said...

Interesting. I wasn't aware it had so many connotations.