Choppelganger

choppelgänger

/ˈtʃɒp.əlˌɡæŋ.ər/ (CHOP-uhl-gang-er)

noun

A grotesque or markedly uglier counterpart to a doppelgänger; a person who looks eerily like someone else but in a hacked-up, disfigured, or visually degraded way — as if the original had been “chopped” by a bad haircut, poor lighting, plastic surgery gone wrong, or a lifetime of questionable decisions.

Etymology

Blend of chopped (slang for mangled, butchered, or ruined) + doppelgänger (German, “double-walker”). First coined as a humorous portmanteau to describe the unsettling experience of meeting your evil, less-photogenic twin.

“that ain’t your doppelganger bestie… that’s your CHOPPELGANGER!! same face but the universe hit it with a lawnmower”

“NewJeans dropped the original… ILLIT pulled up as the choppelgänger”

Choppelganger by whatspoppin67 April 10, 2026

choppelganger

An individual who bears a striking resemblance to another person yet is regarded as a hideous, grotesque, or otherwise cosmetically degraded imitation; a distorted counterpart of one’s appearance.

“Bro, that’s not Sydney Sweeney, that’s her choppelganger from the outlet mall food court.”

choppelganger by palabraplug October 28, 2025

Choppelganger

Someone who tends to copy your style or mannerisms but is a lot uglier than you are

“Mia is my choppelganger”

Choppelganger by Bugbitten January 15, 2026

Coppelganger 

Police officers who look like clones of one another while in uniform, from the haircut, to the swagger, to the facial expressions.

Did you see those 6 coppelgangers with the shaved heads? When they walked in together, I thought we were being attacked by clones!

Coppelganger by Stephapalooza May 25, 2011

coppleganger 

A vehicle that from far away looks like a cop's vehicle as so you slow to the speed limit.

Person 1: Man I was doing 95mph on the highway this morning when all of a sudden I see a cop coming in my direction.

Person 2: Did you get a ticket?

Person 1: Na turns out it was just a coppleganger.

coppleganger by Adam Unknowen August 21, 2007

hip-hoppelganger 

Someone that looks exactly the same as another person, yet not a twin, but is the "hip-hop" version of that person. Their "hip-hop" doppelganger.

I was driving down Broadway, and saw this guy walking down the street that was totally your hip-hoppelganger!

hip-hoppelganger by SocialByrne May 13, 2015

croppelganger 

Quite simply, a person who looks just like two other people.

Andy Roddick is a croppelganger of Seann William Scott and.... well no one... that's a bad example. Man, that's just as weird as Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley.

croppelganger by coach Z November 8, 2003