chichi

Adjective

chichi (comparative more chichi, superlative most chichi)

1. (derogatory, mildly) Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
   • Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead.1951, Elizabeth Taylor, A Game of Hide and Seek
   • We drove up the mountain and found the narrow streets chock full of chichi tourists.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   bougie, bourgie

Noun

IPA/ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/

chichi (plural chichis)

1. (Latin-America, in plural, slang) A woman's breast.
   • [H]e rubbed [his hands] with Bag Balm to help the cuts heal and keep the skin soft, a trick he'd learned from his grandmother, who told him when he was eighteen and getting ready for a date that no woman wanted to feel rough hands scratching up her chichis.2011, Barbara Samuel, The Girls in the Basement: Celebration Book
   • And later, in Latin Grill Express, Jesus makes sure to compliment her accent, her vocabulary, to express admiration for the way her chichis looked in the last dress all over again, then Sarah asks about his plans for work, what he will do when they all leave.2014, Stephen May, Wake Up Happy Every Day

Proper noun capitalized: Chichi

Chichi

1. (alternative) Alternative form of Jiji.
   • This experiment was carried out on a 13° (24%) slope banana plantation with clay loam soil at Chichi, Nantou Hsien from September 1970 to December 1975.1977, 中華農學會報, numbers 97-100, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 100
   • South of Songpoling is Yuanchuan, a station on the famous Chichi Railway Line. Named after the picturesque small town of Chichi to the east, trains on this line take 50 minutes to travel the less than 30 km (19 miles) of narrow gauge that span the rustic countryside between Changhua and Nantou...2003, “Nantou County”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 205