cuck chair

English

A cuck chair (left) next to a bed in a hotel room

Etymology

From cuck (“a cuckold or cuckquean: one who is married to an unfaithful partner”) +‎ chair, alluding to a scenario where the person being cucked sits in the chair while watching their partner have sexual intercourse with another. Attested as early as the 2010s but first popularized as a meme in 2022.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cuck chair (plural cuck chairs)

1. (Internet slang, humorous) A chair, especially one in a hotel room, that faces the bed; a corner chair.
   • 2023, Blake R. Wolfe, The Quest for Cowmelot: An LGBTQ+ Arthurian Fantasy Satire, →ISBN, page unnumbered page:

     "And I also make sure there is a chair in every hotel room corner." I stared at the dragon for a long moment. "Wait... those chairs are yours?" I asked, fully remembering the amount of corner chairs I'd seen at taverns and inns along our journey. "Of course," he laughed, flashing his giant teeth once more. "That's why they call it the cuck chair!" "I never knew they had a reason!" I looked around the dragon's shoulder at the others. "Did you guys know it was a cuck chair?"

2. (figurative, somewhat derogatory) A position of inferiority or impotence.

   Near-synonym: back seat

   • 2026 January 16, L. Louise Lucas, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 January 2026:

     I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1

Descendants

• → Dutch: cuckstoel (calque)

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: cuckstoel m
• Spanish: sillón del cornudo m
• Turkish: gavat sandalyesi m

See also

• cucking stool (unrelated sense)