chanking means food that is spat out, or otherwise rejected. It carries an Arena rating of 1348, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, chanking ranks #412 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #14,005 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words.
Why “chanking” is a great word
Chanking is the unpalatable result of chewing—food that has been mouthed and then expelled, or, in Scottish slang, a state of piercing cold. From the verb 'chank' (to eat noisily, to champ) and the suffix '-ing', forming a noun of action or result; the adjective sense is a regional slang development. Unlike 'scraps', which suggests salvageable leftovers, or 'freezing', a standard meteorological descriptor, 'chanking' denotes active, wet rejection or a cold that feels violently personal. It is the gristle discreetly tucked in a napkin, the half-chewed, soggy biscuit a child removes, the forgotten wad of gum stuck beneath a desk—the intimate, unavoidable detritus of consumption. The adjective, meanwhile, describes a cold that seizes the breath and chatters the teeth, a reminder that the body, too, can reject its own state.
noun
- Food that is spat out, or otherwise rejected.
adj
- Extremely cold.e.g.“I would return to Edinburgh but it's chanking!”
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