Chow

Created by Unknown User (tjc13), last modified by Unknown User (jmb53) on Nov 20, 2012

VB: To eat quickly; "I was running late so I had to chow my lunch." See also ‘‘ciao’’. F92 chow (VB) - no change Source: Dictionary of Geneseo English, Fall 1998 Simmington Chow (VB): to quickly eat a lot. Definition of approximately 72% of those surveyed. (F06) Chow (NN): food. Definition of approximately 14% of those surveyed. (F06) Unknown by approximately 14% of those surveyed. J.Boselli, 2012: Though 47% of those surveyed could identify the term, the recent introduction of "Chow Hound" in the Geneseo lexicon has led to a new sense of the word, referring to either the Chow Hound truck itself or the food it produces.

This entry originally created by K Simmington and D McGiverson, 2006.

Comments:

Based on survey results, 100% of participants could define the word; indicating that the word is not obsolete and widely recognized by the Geneseo community (J Costello, A-F, 2019).

Posted by jbc9 at Apr 07, 2019 20:56

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