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Posted By: MichaelMediaMix Chichi - 08/08/12 06:45 AM
I was amused to see this word come up, since in Spanish it refers to a lady's most private part! And, I was surprised to see, quite a few other coincident meanings. See, for example, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chichi
Posted By: SamDottore Re: Chichi - 08/08/12 08:13 AM
When I was a boy in the '50s in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), the term 'chichi' I heard sometimes used to refer to someone who was part-Indian, part-European. I presume it was Hindu in origin, but I don't know for sure, and I suppose it may have derived from the 'faecal' (fecal?) connotation mentioned in the Urban Dictionary, suggesting someone dirty and untouchable.
Can anyone elaborate?
Sam
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Chichi - 08/08/12 05:11 PM
Welcome to you both!
Posted By: BranShea Re: Chichi - 08/09/12 09:27 AM
Chichi is also a lump of deepfried batter lightly sweetened and sprinkled with sugar. For the children a traditional "can we have a chichi? " - item on village fairs in the Provence/ Bouches-du Rhône.
Froufrou is a dutch biscuit. Two small thin rectangular wafers with a thin layer of vanilla sugercream in between. Yum!
Posted By: khitty.76 Re: Chichi - 08/13/12 07:30 AM
ChichE (with an "e" at the end) refers to a woman's breast, and that applies to Spanish spoken in Latin America. http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=chiche

In my country, "chichi" refers to a baby.
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