Talk:chinky chonk

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chinky chonk

Chinese restaurant. Equinox ◑ 22:49, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Apparently real in Ireland at least, but I can't find a single unambiguous use where it refers to restaurants. The closest I came was this blog post. This, that and the other (talk) 03:59, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

All the uses I found on Google Books as well as Usenet seemed to be using it as an adjective meaning "Chinese" or a noun meaning "Chinese person" (or East Asians in general; I doubt people who use this term care about specificity). Nothing about restaurants.

Although it should be noted that Chinky claims that the first part on its own can refer to dining establishments, so it's not too implausible some uses could be out there. 70.172.194.25 07:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

The Irish link above refers to an unnamed BBC publication that claims Chinky chonk is offensive, so it supports it being a British term more than an Irish one (though it could easily be both and technically it’s a mention not a use of the word anyway). The American link is indeed ambiguous. There are a couple of uses of chinky on GoogleBooks as a name for pet Chinese breed dogs (one is a Pekingese) which makes me wonder if ‘chinky’ is ever used to as a generic term for such pets rather than just as the name of a particular pet. I can’t say I know the term chinky chonk but chinky is very familiar to me, especially when referring to Chinese food/restaurants (chink is normally the preferred term when referring to the people). I found one British use of chinky to mean Chinese restaurant here [1]. Overlordnat1 (talk) 23:35, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed This, that and the other (talk) 03:56, 16 July 2022 (UTC)