chin diaper en · NOUN
Etymology
From the jocular likening of a face mask worn on the chin to a diaper covering the buttocks. Coined in "The Pandemic Special", a 2020 episode of South Park.
Meanings
-
(derogatory, slang) An anti-coronavirus face mask when worn only under one's chin.
So anti-maskers stay home and watch Ancient Aliens or whatever you people do when you aren't putting lives at risk. I will gleefully have security throw you out if you show up with a chin diaper or your nose peeking out.
2021, Kody Ford, "Editor's Note", The Idle Class, Spring 2021, page 4People are still wearing chin diapers instead of masks—and throwing them off the second they sit at a restaurant table, like mortarboards at graduation.
2020 December, Kevin Carlow, “On Cocktails”, in Coachella Valley Independent, page 36:Faculty need to politely ask their peers and students to pull masks above noses and keep their distance as much as possible. Allowing chin diapers in the middle of a full classroom poses an actual danger to the wearer's peers and community as a whole.
2021, "We made it through the fall; let's do it again", The Hutchinson Collegian (Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS), 22 January 2021, page 2
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chin diapers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |