Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cdi factor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: cdi -fac-tor
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An intangible quality of certain items of professional equipment that is believed to stir inordinate interest in obtaining the item because it makes the possessor feel confident, cool and thus desirable to women.

American usage; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You don't buy a LaRue because you want lightweight. You buy it for the durability (And the CDI factor)"
"Instead of donning their equipment for the right reasons, with the understanding that it takes thousands of hours to attain a basic skill level, some Special Operations soldiers wear their gear for the CDI (chicks dig it) factor and forget the reality that this is hard work."
"'Never decide Pattern A just looks cooler than Pattern B. The Marine Corps call that a "CDI factor" – chicks dig it,' said Timothy O'Neill, a former professor of engineering psychology at West Point who has spent 37 years concocting and analyzing the latest in military camouflage"
"[…] SWAT is a highly-specialized skill that takes recurrent (and expensive) training to maintain. Simply kitting out police officers in high-CDI-factor equipment is not enough."

Etymology

From CDI (“chicks dig it”) + factor.

Usage

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

high speed, low drag mall ninja

Questions

What does cdi factor mean?: An intangible quality of certain items of professional equipment that is believed to stir inordinate interest in obtaining the item because it makes the possessor feel confident, cool and thus desirable to women.
Where does cdi factor come from?: From CDI (“chicks dig it”) + factor.

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