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have more chins than a chinese phone book

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
have -more chin-s than a chi-ne-se -phone -book
IPA
66
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").

Humorous; Offensive

Example Sentences

Etymology

A pun on the word chin and the common Chinese surname Chin. The phrase was likely popularized by the American comic Joan Rivers.

Usage

Inflected Forms

has more chins than a Chinese phone book (present, singular) having more chins than a Chinese phone book (participle, present) had more chins than a Chinese phone book (participle, past) had more chins than a Chinese phone book (past) have more chins than a Chinese phonebook (alternative) have got more chins than a Chinese phone book (alternative) have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook (alternative)

Phrases

have more chins than Chinatown

Frequently Paired Words

have more chins than Chinatown

Questions

What does have more chins than a chinese phone book mean?
To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").
Where does have more chins than a chinese phone book come from?
A pun on the word chin and the common Chinese surname Chin. The phrase was likely popularized by the American comic Joan Rivers.

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