chumpette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chumpettes
Etymology: From chump + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: “Well, that's it. Let's reactivate him. Wake up!” “[Yawns] Hey, chumps and chumpettes. Did you get the bomb out? Can I go back to saying the word I love to say?” “I'm sorry, but we couldn't remove it.” “It's stuck in there with glue or something. I don't know.” “Well, this is just great. What's the point of living if I can't say ass? [Gasps] Hey! I didn't blow up! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! All right! I'm back in the saddle.” “We couldn't disarm the bomb, so we reset the word that triggers it.” “It's from the list of words you almost never say.” “That's using your ass. So what's the word?” “We think it's better if you don't know.” “Oh, come on. I'm not going to say it. Please? Ooh, is it "please"?” “Nope.” “Hmm. Words I never say. Oh. I know. "Thanks."” “Bender, stop trying to destroy the world.” “Wait, wait, wait, wait. Is it "sorry"? No. "Funderful"? Mmm... "Non-alcoholic"?” “Quit it.” “Bender.” “Stop it, mon.” “Enough already.” “"Compassion"? "Shrimp toast"? "Antiquing"?” [Explosion] “I'm all right.”
ref: 2000 November 26, Eric Horsted, “War Is the H-Word” (20:47 from the start), in Futurama, season 2, episode 17, spoken by Bender (John DiMaggio):
text: A rich source for such formations (e.g., chavette, chumpette, dudette, playerette, pimpette) is the Urban Dictionary, , which advertises itself as the “democratic guide to street slang”.
ref: [2008 July 9, Richard Dury, Maurizio Gotti, Marina Dossena, English Historical Linguistics 2006: Selected papers from the fourteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 14), Bergamo, 21 25 August 2006. Volume II: Lexical and Semantic Change, volume 296, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 253:
text: “I don't need anything from you, thank you very much. I'm here to inform you boys we're leaving next week, so our marvelous little home will be available for Lykos to peddle to some other gullible chump, or chumpette, be that as it may,” he says, still gazing out the window.
ref: 2008 September 8, Jonathan Alan Tudan, “6 Home, Home on LaGrange”, in Lovers, Muggers & Thieves - A Boston Memoir, Lovers, Muggers & Thieves, page 68:
text: The class milieu is full of energy and laughter. Even her disciplinary statements are humor-laced. “Tank, the Chumpette, forgot to put up his chair again,” she says in mock desperation. “Poor Mrs. C.” is the response (Video notes; December 9, 1993).
ref: 2016 September 1, Andrea K. Milinki, Cases in Qualitative Research: Research Reports for Discussion and Evaluation, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: I made sure Tompkins was well taken care of. She had plenty of food whenever she wanted it. She could view a preselected grouping of entertainment features that I allowed into her microchip's entertainment function. No news, of course, was allowed. She was amazingly content, the chump (or is it “chumpette”?).
ref: 2016 October 31, Nikolaus Klein, Redivivus: Redivivus: (Adjective) Ray-De’-Ve-Vous 1. Brought Back to Life 2. Reborn (Latin), iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: Without going into intimate details, Eloise and I have become an ‘item’. She was completely understanding about my relationship with the rats. As a matter of fact, Eloise became a ‘Chumpette’ on her very first official meeting with them. The rats adored her. What's not to adore? They had never met an Eloise Impersonator before - and not just any Eloise Impersonator but the world's very best.
ref: 2020 October 29, Christopher E. Metzger, The Rat Papers: Leaked and Almost Completely Redacted, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: Rex leaps down out of his mobile and stomps over, his crazy red eyes gone stormy, sleeves rolled up on his hoodie. “Okay, fess up. Whadya do to my truck? And don't you think you can dance circles around me 'n' everything'll be good for you, chumpette, cuz I ain't as dumb as you look, and I got some weapons of my own that don't exactly come without ammo.”
ref: 2022 August 1, Jessica Shubert, My Name is Criminal, volume 1, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:
glosses: A female chump.