(
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."