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Chappism
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English
Etymology
From en chap -ism.
Noun
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A fashion movement or aesthetic inspired by British men's culture and clothing from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially as promoted in the lifestyle magazine The Chap.
Adam Lusher The rise and rise of the Chap Olympics https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031755/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557477/The-rise-and-rise-of-the-Chap-Olympics.html 15 July 2007 You see, old chap, this is it: the pipe smokers' relay, the Chap Olympics, sport's ultimate trial of Chappism.
en Francisco Garcia We Went to a Steampunk Meet-Up to See How They're Getting On in 2018 VICE https://web.archive.org/web/20231103050808/https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3qa3z/we-went-to-a-steampunk-meet-up-to-see-how-theyre-getting-on-in-2018 14 August 2018 Among the craft stalls we meet 20-something Jack, who arrived at the scene in his teens via the leisurely world of dandyism, itself an offshoot of the Chappism mini-movement (think waxed moustaches and wilfully archaic diction).
Related terms
en Chappist chap-hop
en Aesthetics