One who has something to prove.
The diversely sourced definitions of this phrase all have a common factor; it refers to someone whose behavior indicates that he/she has something to prove. Whether due to an inferiority complex, a strong passionate conviction for one's personal beliefs, a sense of being victimized or treated unfairly, or a resistance to heed advice from a more knowledgeable; one tends to display an air of hyped self-confidence and/or superiority or bravado.
The diversely sourced definitions of this phrase all have a common factor; it refers to someone whose behavior indicates that he/she has something to prove. Whether due to an inferiority complex, a strong passionate conviction for one's personal beliefs, a sense of being victimized or treated unfairly, or a resistance to heed advice from a more knowledgeable; one tends to display an air of hyped self-confidence and/or superiority or bravado.
"She's overly defensive because he's got a...
"See? I was right! I try to tell him; He should've listened to me! If it weren't for that...
"I think part of his drive for success and power can be attributed to that...
.....Chip on his shoulder."
"See? I was right! I try to tell him; He should've listened to me! If it weren't for that...
"I think part of his drive for success and power can be attributed to that...
.....Chip on his shoulder."
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AKA "piece of shit", looser, wife beater, dick head. Can be utilized when a more discreet way of defining an individual is essential. As in public forum space or quietly in front of the kids.
Yeah I know that guy from back in the dizzy, he's a real pizza chip. PD is hunting him down for beating up his old lady.
by Dokta J August 18, 2015
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by help this is not a joke dying January 14, 2021
Get the Eat tortilla chip vertically mug.This is a rather popular quote from the dubbed version of the anime; Death Note. All anime fans know this quote and it is possibly one of the most epic anime moments ever.
Kira: I will take a potato chip... and EAT IT!
Fangirls: ZOMG HE IS SO CUTE AND FUNNY LET'S WATCH IT AGAIN!
Kira: I will take a potato chip... and EAT IT!
Fangirls: *faints*
Fangirls: ZOMG HE IS SO CUTE AND FUNNY LET'S WATCH IT AGAIN!
Kira: I will take a potato chip... and EAT IT!
Fangirls: *faints*
by Kisame-sama February 7, 2010
Get the I will take a potato chip... and EAT IT! mug.a girl/woman who gets a guy to buy/give her chips to play table games at the casino. As often as not, she skips out on him when he goes to the bathroom
That gorgeous Asian gal with the dyed blonde hair was a chip whore who was with a 500 lb. ugly guy. As soon as he went to the bathroom, she made a beeline out the front door.
by andy1 March 25, 2007
Get the chip whore mug.to be touchy, to be easily provoked (During the 19th century, a person in the united states would challenge others to a fight by placing a wooden chip on his/her shoulder and daring them to knock it off, and if the other person did so, the fight was on.)
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