• Choco

    Full definition of choco

    Noun

    choco

    (plural chocos)
    1. (Australia, slang, offensive) A person with medium-dark skin, such as from the Middle East.
    2. (Australia, obsolete) A militiaman or conscript, short for chocolate soldier.
    3. (Australia, slang) An army reservist.
      • 1942 September 2, Chocos with Hard Centres, in the Sydney Sun, quoted in 1966 by Sidney J. Baker in The Australian Language, second edition, chapter VIII, section 3, page 167

    Usage notes

    The slang term for a dark skinned person may be used by such people themselves (the Australian television series Pizza (TV series) made a good deal of fun with that for instance), but is generally considered racist when used otherwise.

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