Cheeto

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noun

A gay male inmate.

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Meanings

nounCheeto (plural Cheetos)

plural Cheetos

  1. slangA gay male inmate.

    What I learned on the bus that night was that I didn't want to be "ventilated" (stabbed), raped by one of the "Cheetos" (gay men), or beaten to a pulp […]

    2020, James Arthur Ray, The Business of Redemption
  2. singularsingular of Cheetos
proper noun
  1. derogatoryhumorousslangDonald Trump.

    "I'm so tired of all the bad news on birdsite." "Yeah, there's just too much about The Cheeto." Cheeto and birdsite might not be common vocabulary, but the phrases are strangely interpretable. It's easy to jump from Cheeto to Donald Trump or from birdsite to Twitter.

    2018 September 10, Gretchen McCulloch, “Welcome to Voldemorting, the Ultimate SEO Dis”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2018

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

(Donald Trump): A reference to his facial complexion; see Cheetolini.

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Cite this entry
APA

Cheeto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheeto

MLA

“Cheeto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheeto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cheeto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheeto.

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