What Does This Mean?
Colloquial and often derogatory label in Spain for a young woman, usually working-class, seen as dressing in a loud or flashy way; the masculine counterpart is "cani". It is a stereotype applied mostly by others. The separate Canary Islands sense of "choni" means a foreign tourist.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The sketch made fun of a "choni" with huge hoop earrings arguing in a shopping center."
LORE & ORIGIN
Spanish Wiktionary lists a sense of "choni" as a young woman characterized by a vulgar aesthetic, used colloquially and derogatorily in Spain, with antonym "pija" and related terms "cani" and "poligonero"; it says the origin of this sense is uncertain. A separate sense from the Canary Islands, from English "Johnny", means a foreign tourist. No dated first use of the stereotype sense is documented here. The existing entry "chonismo" covers the aesthetic and its later treatment.
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