chonkiness

English edit

Etymology edit

From chonky +‎ -ness.

Noun edit

chonkiness (uncountable)

(slang) The quality of being chonky.
- 2019 October 9, Melissa Locker, “Holly Is This Year’s Beautiful Fat Bear Week Winner Who Swept the Whole Competition”, in Time‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-10-09:
  Park rangers post photos of the bears’ girth or, in internet parlance, chonkiness, and the public votes on which bear is really packing on the pounds ahead of winter.
- 2020 September 8, Sophia McDonald, “Fringe 2020”, in Totally Dublin, Dublin, page 26:
  Gender.RIP went down a more traditional route with their futuristic vision. Delivered by the ‘Department of Art Liberation: Chonkiness Division’, each concise bullet point is another nail in the coffin of gender, oppression and prejudice.
- 2021 September 29, Corryn Wetzel, “Meet the Bodaciously Bulky Bears of Fat Bear Week 2021”, in Smithsonian‎^[2], Washington, D.C., archived from the original on 2021-09-29:
  Voters can judge the bears on any combination of criteria—floofiness, chonkiness, or inexplicable charm.
- 2023 March 22, Mandy Squires, “Unlikely influencers: From naked farmers to poets, here’s who you didn’t expect to be social stars”, in Herald Sun‎^[3], Melbourne, Vic., archived from the original on 22 March 2023:
  Nella’s fat cat Bender has become a Russian celebrity, thanks to his “chonkiness”.
- 2023 April 22, Anthony Karcz, “Have Robots Take Care Of Your Cat When You Travel”, in Forbes‎^[4], Jersey City, N.J., archived from the original on 2023-04-23:
  You fill up the clear hopper with food, it dispenses said food either at regular intervals you choose or it will check the food level every 6 hours and keep the bowl topped off (make sure your pet isn't prone to chonkiness before enabling).
- 2023 October 14, Purrfect Cat Rescue, “Adopt a Pet; Pet of the Week: Ollie!”, in Diana Wallace, editor, Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Ill.: Shaw Media, page 21:
  I am considered “lorge” on the chonkiness scale. (That’s internet cat speak for “large” and “big.”)
- 2023 November 30, Cheryl Mullin, “The cat truly brought the house down”, in Liverpool Echo, Liverpool, Merseyside, page 2:
  Having enjoyed her customary mad half hour, Lilly sauntered into the living room and jumped onto the top of her cat house. It promptly collapsed beneath her, the cardboard struts buckling under her elegant chonkiness.