Originated in Oakville, "Chate" roughly describes a shitty deal or coming up short. The word's namesake was a student at OTHS (Oakville-Trafalgar Highschool) who was known to short-change you when dealing marijuana. It's primarily used by Oakvillians from the east side of town.
by BetterThanYouThink June 20, 2006
by Graeme July 02, 2004
The word has come to mean something crappy, or a bad deal (usually for drugs). Originally, it was a guys name. I only met him twice, but it came from guys on his hockey team. His last name was Chater. If you fucked up, you were pulling a chater. It was most often shortened to chate. It then came to be used so much that it was a noun, a verb, and an adjective. Especially if you're from Oakville, read this: http://www.canada.com/ nationalpost/news/story.html ?id=4e8a527c-367f-41cb -8b3f-4e6a9ec5205f&k=30372
you'll have to take out the spaces, it's worth it, you will be ROTFLYFAO
Oakville dude 1: Let's go to the house party
Oakville dude 2: I heard it's pretty chate
Oakville dude 1: Shut it chater, let's book
by John Chate 28 March 30, 2008
It can be describing a shitty(bad) situation in the maximum and minimum degree. A situation being a person, place, thing or event.
by jonnyV April 15, 2004
(rhymes with "dated") chate chater 1. to be on the receiving end of a swindle, scam, rip-off or similarly unacceptable behaviour.
a. My friend got chated by this chick who never showed up last night!
b. After realising his buddy had returned his car after a week with zero gas in the tank he felt supremely chated.
by El Rob July 03, 2005
by Bersky May 04, 2005
This is the verbal level of chate that someone may use to define a person, place, thing or actions chateness. Not to be misunderstood as ones chate-factor.
by JonnyV April 21, 2005