chacne en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of chest + acne.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Acne located on the chest.
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."
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: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 […]
2019, Tommy Pico, Feed, Portland, O.R.: Tin House Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page: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.
2020 May 13, Brooke Shunatona, “Chest Acne: How to Get Rid of and Prevent Breakouts on Your Boobs”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2023:Chacne is the name for pimples on the chest; bacne, the name for pimples on the back.
[2002, Nick McDonell, Twelve, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 60: