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chin diaper

chin diaper noun: an anti-coronavirus face mask when worn only under one's chin.

Noun

chin diaper (plural chin diapers)

  1. (derogatory, slang) An anti-coronavirus face mask when worn only under one's chin.
    • People are still wearing chin diapers instead of masks—and throwing them off the second they sit at a restaurant table, like mortarboards at graduation.2020 December, Kevin Carlow, “On Cocktails”, in Coachella Valley Independent, page 36
    • Faculty need to politely ask their peers and students to pull masks above noses and keep their distance as much as possible. Allowing chin diapers in the middle of a full classroom poses an actual danger to the wearer's peers and community as a whole.2021, "We made it through the fall; let's do it again", The Hutchinson Collegian (Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS), 22 January 2021, page 2

Forms of chin diaper

pluralchin diapers

Origin of chin diaper

From the jocular likening of a face mask worn on the chin to a diaper covering the buttocks. Coined in "The Pandemic Special", a 2020 episode of South Park.

Questions about chin diaper

What does chin diaper mean?
Chin diaper means an anti-coronavirus face mask when worn only under one's chin.
What part of speech is chin diaper?
Chin diaper is a noun.
What is the plural of chin diaper?
The plural of chin diaper is chin diapers.

Words near chin diaper in the dictionary

  1. chin clefts
  2. chin cough
  3. chin coughs
  4. chin curtain
  5. chin curtains
  6. chin diaper
  7. chin diapers
  8. chin dimple
  9. chin dimples
  10. chin groove
  11. chin grooves

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