(
Chee-vah-knees)
The mumbling, run on, ramblings of one under the influence of, opiates (
Heroin, OxyCodone, Demerol), barbituates (Seconal, Placidyl, Tuinal) and some psychotropics (Valium, Xanax, 4Bar), manner of speaking while "On the nod".
From the
words
"Chiva" -street term for Heroin and the suffix
"ese" -in the manner or language of.
"The strange utterance coming from your
wife is actually Chivanese" the
priest told
the man, "So she needs rehab, not an exorcism."