Chappist

English Etymology From en chap -ist. Adjective Relating to Chappism. en Brian J. Robb Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions Minneapolis, M.N. Voyageur Press 2012 174 https://archive.org/details/steampunkillustr0000robb/page/174/mode/1up 978-0-760-34891-8 The song was an example of the Chap Hop sound, mixing a hip hop musical approach with Chappist (named after The Chap magazine that calls for the return of the dandy way of life) or Steampunk subcultures while exploring stereotypical English obsessions like tea, cricket and the weather. Noun One who practices Chappism. Patrick Barkham Chaps' assault on banality founders on tide of apathy https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chaps-assault-on-banality-founders-on-tide-of-apathy-cxjml9rxlqz https://web.archive.org/web/20231105221634/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chaps-assault-on-banality-founders-on-tide-of-apathy-cxjml9rxlqz 5 November 2023 17 October 2003 But for a moment yesterday, good manners and an upright deportment rose again as the "Chappists", complete with pipes, brogues and gold-topped canes, took a leisurely stroll through the thoroughfares of the capital, indulging in "some languid sauntering and synchronised doffing", as Victor Darkwood, co-founder of The Chap periodical, put it. en Magnus C. Granath Searching for the Promised Land: Basildon and the Pursuit of Happiness Bexleyheath, Kent GoldStar Books 2004 97 https://archive.org/details/searchingforprom0000gran/page/97/mode/1up 1-904-97600-X As those middle-aged anarchists, the Chappists, tell us, we should all engage in random acts of common courtesy.