adjective
Street Slang
chafa
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Caló for cheap, fake, low-grade — basically trash.
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Definitions
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Cheap, shoddy, low quality. The knock-off Jordans, the Bluetooth speaker that dies in a week, the bootleg DVD. If it looks the part but falls apart, it's chafa.
“Don't buy that charger off the swap meet, bro, that thing's chafa.”
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Fake or fronting — applied to a person who's all show, no substance.
“He talks big but he's chafa, never seen him put in real work.”
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chafa In A Sentence
Don't buy that charger off the swap meet, bro, that thing's chafa.
He talks big but he's chafa, never seen him put in real work.
Origin & Usage
Mexican Spanish / Caló adjective for poor-quality or counterfeit goods. Crossed into Chicano English through SoCal Mexican-American communities.
Variants
chafe
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