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French slang for "cool". Usually when an object, event, or person warrants the description of cool. Only used for sincere purposes.

*NB. Often used in conjunction with totes, to express a particularly "cool" for which a simple chouette would not suffice.
1. Dance pizzles are so chouette -- we should have one right now!

2. Juliana's riot into the door was totes chouette -- nothing will ever top that moment!
chouette by Rukku February 16, 2004
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As above, Super! or Great! is a better translation. It's also the French word for 'owl'
You're so chouette!

Regardez, une chouette!
chouette by Benlol January 30, 2008
(Sh' wet) Pertains to anything that is cool or to anything that you would consider awesome; sick/ wicked
Example: She was Chouette, but I wouldn't date her.
Chouette by Jack Dunbar April 26, 2008
Just to add to the definition, chouette isn't exactly the equivalent of cool, in fact I'd say it's more the equivalent of "super!" (in the gay way, you know, like saying tummy instead of gut.
Oh my gosh Becky! Those shoes are so chouette!
chouette by mrpopenfresh September 18, 2005

En chaussette c’est plus chouette 

Il s’agit d’une expression utilisée lorsque quelqu’un souhaite pratiquer un acte sexuelle avec autrui. Elle est souvent utilisée lorsqu’une attirance physique est ressentie.
Je pense que l’on devrait aller plus loin parce que n’oublie pas qu’en chaussette c’est plus chouette.

Cholette 

Damn Morena, raise your pinky. You a cholette.
Cholette by BitchassPendeja November 21, 2017

Couquette à la choquette 

Another word for 'Pain au chocolat' or 'chocolatine', less widespread, definitely sounds better.
John: Whatchu eating there bud?
Ginette: Just munching on my couquette à la choquette
John: Damn that's rad as shit
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