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chinkware

chinkware noun: software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware.

Noun

chinkware (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, 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.2011 April 17, Gordon Darling, “PC's have peaked”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet)
    • 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 from BSD.2011 May 30, Pooh the Cat, “Privatefirewall Questions”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet)
  2. (Internet, derogatory, ethnic, slur) Products, especially electronics, manufactured or designed in China, regarded as being of poor-quality and prone to failure.
    • Because you are a moron who shops Chinkware at Walmart, happily.2009 December 12, Epsilon Eridani, “Newsgroup math”, in sci.astro.amateur (Usenet)
    • […] In the old days you could still get a Mexican made Zenith but now it's all from Asia and Japanese and Taiwanese products are a dozen times better then^([sic]) chinkware garbage.2015 February 1, toriless, “Archived copy”, in Fixya, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2024

Examples of chinkware in a sentence

  • You always defend chinkware, which Bear Bottoms did at the behest of the PLA.2015 March 15, The Haberdasher Genl., “Pooh: Caver is Bear, you already know that.”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet):
  • I'm not running any unknown chinkware on something higher than user level.2022 September 15, u/Mitko0111, “Archived copy”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2022:
  • […] if you're a company that could in any case ever compete with a chinese company, or a government infrastructure builder, stay away […] chinkware will be weaponized in the upcoming war2023 November 30, anonymous author, 4chan:
  • >mfw my chinkware phablet starts overheating2021 April 26, anonymous author, 4chan:

Origin of chinkware

From Chink (“a contemptuous term for a Chinese person”) + -ware.

Questions about chinkware

What does chinkware mean?
Chinkware means software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware.
How do you use chinkware in a sentence?
You always defend chinkware, which Bear Bottoms did at the behest of the PLA.
What part of speech is chinkware?
Chinkware is a noun.

Words near chinkware in the dictionary

  1. chinkles
  2. chinkling
  3. chinks
  4. chinks in the armor
  5. chinks up
  6. chinkware
  7. chinky
  8. Chinland
  9. Chinle
  10. Chinle Creek
  11. Chinle Wash

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