"chimpette" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chimpettes [plural]
Etymology: From chimp + -ette. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chimp|ette}} chimp + -ette Head templates: {{en-noun}} chimpette (plural chimpettes)
  1. (informal, uncommon) A female chimp. Tags: informal, uncommon
    Sense id: en-chimpette-en-noun-bFBFTFUe
  2. (Internet slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black female. Tags: Internet, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-chimpette-en-noun-ni8jW39f Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, Quote-newsgroup with non-Usenet group, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ette, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ette: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Last line reminds me of something else. I usually hate drippy nature programs, but I did see ONE that I like. Was about chimps. At some point the camera settled on a pendulous-titted chimpette nursing a junior chimp, and I guess paw chimp was bent on making some sort of political statement about the lack of safe and government subsidized abortion, so he yanked the baby away from her and beat her senseless with it. Then he ran up a tree with it, and finding that it hadn't been dispatched by the contact with maw chimp's skull, whacked it against the trunk three or four times, pretty much busting its head open. Then he ate it.",
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          "text": "http://www.thegrio.com/news/5-sisters-face-charges-after-south-florida-bus-brawl.php, OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) -- Five sisters face criminal charges after a brawl aboard a school bus in South Florida. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the fight began when an 11-year-old girl got into a fight with another girl at a bus stop Sept. 7.",
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