noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware. Internet, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable

   "That will mean lots more chinkware for you to hype."

2. 2
   Products, especially electronics, manufactured or designed in China, regarded as being of poor-quality and prone to failure. Internet, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable

   "Because you are a moron who shops Chinkware at Walmart, happily."

Example

More examples

"That will mean lots more chinkware for you to hype."

Etymology

From Chink (“a contemptuous term for a Chinese person”) + -ware.

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