Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chicagoese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chica-goese
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The dialect of English spoken in Chicago.

noun

The people of Chicago; Chicagoans.

Example Sentences

"[…] almost everybody had wandered out into what would be called the "frunchroom" in Chicagoese."
"[…] for even the undaunted faith and energy of the Chicagoese cannot greatly accelerate the processes of nature in making' trees, or robing their trunks with moss."
"The danger to the water supply is from that open sewer which the Chicagoese call the Chicago river."

Etymology

From Chicago + -ese.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Chicago

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does chicagoese mean?: The dialect of English spoken in Chicago.
Where does chicagoese come from?: From Chicago + -ese.

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