choppelganger

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noun

Someone who looks like an unattractive or chopped version of someone else.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounchoppelganger (plural choppelgangers)

plural choppelgangers

  1. InternetSomeone who looks like an unattractive or chopped version of someone else.

    when his ex is my choppelganger ...

    2026 January 4, @millerlowlife89, X (post), archived from the original on 14 Jan 2026
    1 more example

    My dyslexic ass read this as "choppelganger" and I think I just made a word for someone who looks like u but very slightly and subtly worse

    [2025 May 20, @2seatlimousine, X (post), archived from the original on 14 Jan 2026

Origin

Blend of chopped (“unattractive, ugly”) + doppelganger. Originates from a tweet posted by @2seatlimousine on May 20, 2025 (see quotation).

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Cite this entry
APA

choppelganger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choppelganger

MLA

“choppelganger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choppelganger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choppelganger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choppelganger.

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