shabby chicanery

Hybrid term melding "shabby chic" and "chicanery."

shabby chic:
a style using worn and deteriorated items to achieve an elegant overall effect

chicanery:
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry

Shabby chicanery:
Constant failed attempts at using second-hand items in one's home decor to achieve a look of false elegance. Result is invariably much more Salvation Army than Apres-La-Guerre.

Another broke down La-Z-Boy? Enough with the shabby chicanery, already.

by Tom Terranova August 17, 2007

chicanery

it's a place where Chicanos (mexican-americans) go to school to learn trades.

he went to a chicanery and learned how to fix cars.

by marvin a April 19, 2006

Chikan

An offensive word; can be used to offend anyone is any way; can be used for slut, bitch and many more offensive words

Created by: Me, Daniela, Regina, Assantia

“God Morton is being such a chikan”

“I know that chikan”

by Yourachikan August 8, 2019

Chilanthropy

Doing something relaxing or "chilling" while being philanthropic.

This candle I'm burning is chilanthropy. Proceeds are going to my favorite charity.

by Raul Rene Zam May 4, 2010

chicano

A really unnecessary title given to an American Born person with Mexican Parents.
This title further ostracizes the Mexican People and further ensures the teasing of said people.

Chris: So what are you?
Alex: I'm a Chicano
Chris: So your Mexican?
Alex: No
Chris: Yes you are dumb ass

by Learn You Dumb Asses June 15, 2007

chikan

A popular dish made only in Argentina, using chicken, but called chikan using roots of other spices used in the recepie (i.e. a-anchovies)

In Argentina, I akooked chikan inabukshelf.

by ARGENTINA September 26, 2003

Chinanom

A very scary unimaginable creature that supports MLGness and Flees at Sanic Speds.

The Chinanom. Run for your lives or be engulfed by a wave of MLG.

by The lost raider May 11, 2016