chorkie

English

Etymology

Blend of Chihuahua +‎ Yorkie.

Noun

chorkie (plural chorkies)

1. A dog that is the result of a cross between a Yorkie and a chihuahua.
   • 2000 October 7, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 122, number 281, page 43L:

     Schreiber’s Sammy is half Yorkie, which makes him a chorkie. […] Sharon Schreiber of Jefferson City has a “chorkie” (half Yorkie, half Chihuahua) named Sammy Snickers (right).

   • 2008 November 5, Marie McGovern, “Hey, mutts got breedin’!”, in Daily News, page 3:

     Be it a chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkshire terrier), peek-a-poo (Pekingese/poodle), sheprador (German shepherd/Labrador retriever) or bagel hound (beagle/basset hound), Brady says her crew can figure it out.

   • 2009 June 21, Matthew Margolis, “Reasons not to leave your dog in the car”, in The Sunday Star, page C6:

     A dognapped chorkie, a $10,000 reward and a promise not to prosecute. All of this led me to wonder: Chorkie? A chorkie is a dash of Chihuahua and a dollop of Yorkshire terrier — in other words, a mutt, a mongrel, a mixed breed. On the night of June 5, in Concord, Calif., Debby Brown and her boyfriend stepped into a local eatery for some takeout, leaving Lexi the chorkie in Brown’s locked car with the air conditioner running.

   • 2013 October 31, Lake Travis View, page A1:

     Looking on is Stella, a chorkie owned by Davis Johnson and Mary Balotti — a non-winner only in the eyes of the judges.

   • 2014 October 16, Caroline Sarll, “What makes Laurence run?”, in Bridgend & Porthcawl GEM, page 6:

     He and his chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkie cross) joined Laurie as he snacked on his “two boiled eggs, some bread and butter and a banana”.

   • 2021 October 19, Hickory Daily Record, volume 106, number 39, page A2:

     Peanut, a chorkie, shows off her bumble bee costume at a pet trick-or-treat event held at Windber Recreational Park in Windber, Pa., on Sunday.