chillissimo

1. (Adj.) The state of being extremely chill, as an American, anywhere in Italy. Ironically without “correct” pronunciation; awkward for both Italian or English native speakers.

2. (subdef.) specifically re: chill things that are also subjectively not chill, yet in assertion of their chill-ness in the face of someone else’s judgement there against.
>> rides up and down funiculara

Chillissimo

>> climbs via ferrata
Chillissimo

>> drinks aperol on beach in Sicily at the wrong bar surrounded by guys in suits

Chillissimo

>> Conan O’Brien shouting “tagliatelle” at strangers on the street as Jordan Schlansky tells him stop doing that, it’s offensive
Chillissimo (for Conan)
Not chillissimo (for Schlansky.)

>> some random Brit (neither American nor chill) vandalizes Roman archaeology

Not chillissimo

>> I’m chillin hard
Sto chillissimo

>> we’re chillin hard
Stiamo chillissimo

>> takes espresso shot like tequila
Zero chillissimo
by murican_in_italia July 11, 2023
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