chimp out

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chimp out

  • /t͡ʃɪmp aʊt/

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From chimp + out, comparing the stereotyped behavior of black people to chimpanzees. Popularized in 2025–2026 by online figures such as Chud the Builder, at which point it began to be used in a nonracial sense (as, e.g., by 6ix9ine). The noun is a deverbal of the verb.

verb chimps out · chimping out · chimped out

  1. derogatory, ethnic, intransitive, slang, slur Of a black person, to behave aggressively or violently. On one blog I was treated to a picture of a caged monkey with the below caption: Imagine for a minute the fantastic awesome reaction among other chimps if Obama was pulled from his palace and sent to Nigger University (Prison) for 25 years. Not only would they chimp out, but it'd be a perfect excuse

    Similar: chimp

  2. intransitive, offensive, slang, usually To wild out; to crash out; to react with anger to another's joke.

noun chimp outs

  1. alternative, derogatory, ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang Alternative form of chimpout

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@misc{chimp_out_2026,
  title = {chimp out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chimp%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}