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Chip; Chippie; Chippy
noun
a member of the California Highway Patrol US
Thanks to the 1977–1983 television series CHiPS.- “CHIPS” stands for California Highway Patrol. The “i’ was added because “CHPs” is hard to pronounce and the guys don’t like being called “Chippies.” — The Washington Post, p. D13, 15 September 1977
- He couldn’t understand what the Chippy wanted. Maybe he’d better pull over. Then an extraordinary thing happened. The Chip yelled at him so loudly it hurt. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Glitter Dome, p. 11, 1981
- The Chippie, frequently interrupted by Nelson’s “Whadhesay?” learned that the husky bald man had stashed the stolen car[.] — Joseph Wambaugh, Fugitive Nights, pp. 69–70, 1992
- It was the CHiPs versus the Deputies in a turf war as members of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol landed verbal punches over traffick patrols in unincorporated areas. — The Argus (Fremont, California), 19 March 2003
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