chancletaEtymologyFrom Spanish chancleta (“slipper; (slang) girl”).nounA slipper or sandal without a heel, such as a flip-flop or mule.“My friend has a gay uncle and on the puerto rican^([sic]) day parade he puts on these tight shorts with a puerto rican shirt which he ties at the bottom and bandana and wears chancletas and dances to gloria^([sic]) Estefan he also does this at my friends^([sic]) parties.”