choco

See also: Choco and chocó

English

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choco

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɒkəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkəʊ

Noun

choco (countable and uncountable, plural chocos)

1. Clipping of chocolate.
   • 1991, Jean Paré, Cakes, page 64:

     CHOCO MAYO CAKE
     In this chocolate cake, mayonnaise is substituted for the butter. Good.

   • 1992, USAF [United States Air Force] Dental Investigation Service, Dental Items of Significance, page 5:

     Vision is a 2.7% sodium-fluoride containing prophylaxis paste available in 12 oz. jars or boxes of 225 individual cups. Three flavors (fruit punch, cool mint, or choco-mint) are available.

   • 2017, Siddharth Jayakumar, Umasree Raghunath, Simply Being Sidds!, page 180:

     She used to make choco pudding only for me whenever I went.

   • 2018, Thomas Ogden, The Hands of Gravity and Chance, page 15:

     “D, you’ve had a weak spot for hot chocolate since you were small. You used to call it ‘choco-treat.’”

2. (countable, Australia, obsolete) A militiaman or conscript; chocolate soldier. [1940s]
   • 1942, [James Andrew] Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and Other Verses:

     I've a letter here to hand,
     Saying Chockos, Yanks and Refugees
     Have overrun the land.

   • 1945, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, page 152:

     In the second war, militiamen and conscripts generally were called chocos, […] in a tribute to them the Sydney “Sun” headed a leader on 2 September 1942: “Chocos with Hard Centres”.

3. (countable, Australia, slang) An army reservist.
4. (countable, Australia, slang) A person with dark skin tone. [from 1980s]
   • 1985, Sir Les Patterson [Barry Humphries], The Traveller’s Tool, page 89:

     Our ethnic minorities whether they be oil slicks, chockos or slopies have certainly given a new dimension to the Australian businessman’s lunch.

   • 1993 [1987], Kathy Lette, Girl’s Night Out, page 128:

     And it’s better than ending up with the latest dag her Mum’s lined up. This one's called Petro. He’s a big choc, you know really woggy

   • 2000, Ian Bone, Tin Soldiers, page 112:

     ‘I reckon we’ll call you Choco,’ said the Rat. “With – that tan of yours.’

Usage notes

• The slang term for a dark-skinned person may be used by such people themselves (as in the Australian television series Pizza), but is likely to be considered racist when used by others.

Derived terms

• choco bar
• choco lab
• choco milk
• choco pie
• mint choco

Anagrams

• cooch, hocco

Dutch

Etymology

Shortenings of compounds with chocolade (“chocolate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoː.koː/

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• Hyphenation: cho‧co

Noun

choco m (plural choco's, diminutive chocootje n)

1. solid chocolate; a bar or piece of chocolate
2. a chocolate milk, coco

   Synonyms: cacaomelk, chocolade, chocolademelk

3. a chocolate spread, a spread eaten on bread

   Synonyms: chocoladepasta, chocopasta

4. (Belgium, offensive, ethnic slur) Term of abuse for a person of black-African descent.
5. (Belgium, offensive, vulgar) a homosexual man

Derived terms

• chocopasta