CHICANER

PRONUNCIATION: (shi-KAY-nuhr) Listen to pronunciation

MEANING: noun:
1. One who uses deception, especially in a legal, financial, or political context.
2. One who raises petty objections; a quibbler.

ETYMOLOGY: From French chicaneur (quibbler). Earliest documented use: 1673.
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CHICAGNER - how a Bostonian refers to a citizen of the Second City

THICANER - something added to increase the viscosity

CHIC ANSER - the popular reply