chacne

English

Etymology

Blend of chest +‎ acne.

Noun

chacne (uncountable)

1. (informal) Acne located on the chest.

   Synonym: chestne

   • [2002, Nick McDonell, Twelve, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 60:

     Chacne is the name for pimples on the chest; bacne, the name for pimples on the back.]

   • 2004, Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 183:

     He's trying to roast the "chacne"—chest zits—off in the harsh Iraqi sun, while busting bass beats with his lips, chanting Ice Cube's lyrics, "Today I didn't even have to use my AK/I gotta say it was a good day."

   • 2019, Tommy Pico, Feed, Portland, O.R.: Tin House Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     I knew from the beginning I wasn't bringing Proxima Centauri b home mostly bc I'm sportig the largest chest zit (or chacne) in American history […]

   • 2020 May 13, Brooke Shunatona, “Chest Acne: How to Get Rid of and Prevent Breakouts on Your Boobs”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-22:

     Below, answers to all your questions about getting rid of your chacne (ugh, never mind), so you can go back to worrying about bigger problems.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chacne.

See also

• -ne

Anagrams

• chance, Chance, canche, Canche