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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From chunk. Compare humongous (“extremely large”, adjective) or dingus (“any object or thing; a foolish person”, noun), and chonk. Attested from the late 2010s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chungus (countable and uncountable, plural chunguses or chungi)
- (Internet slang) Any tangible object or thing, especially one that is short and thick.
- 2018, CG5 (lyrics and music), “Big Chungus”[1]:
- He’s a big chungus / He’s a big chunky boy / Such a big bun, yes / We are so overjoyed
- 2019 January 9, Joey Cosco, “Big Chungus”, in Digg[2]:
- Meanwhile, memes about "Chungus" have been circulating on their own subreddit for over a year, and "Big Chungus" since Fall 2018.
- 2019 October 13, HattedSandwich, “Deep Rock Galactic”, in Reddit[3]:
- Close to a hundred Magnite and 30 Hollomite in these two chunguses
- 2020 April 30, Rachel Gonzalez, “These New Pokémon Plushes Are Certified Big Chungi”, in The Gamer[4]:
- These New Pokémon Plushes Are Certified Big Chungi The Pokémon Center just released huge plush versions of Gigantamax Pikachu and Meowth, with a giant price tag to match.
- (Internet slang, humorous, attributive) A nonsense word or placeholder, often used incongruously in self-deprecating or doomer-like speech.
- (Internet slang, ironic, attributive) Something that is correct, consensus, or without fault, as part of a straw man.
References
[edit]- “What does Chungus mean?”, in Dictionary.com, 2019 April: “Chungus is a meme featuring a chunky version of the cartoon character Bugs Bunny, typically captioned Big Chungus. It began as gaming joke that spread online as a slang term for anything "(adorably) chunky," similar to chonky.”
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