chow mein

plural chow meins · alternative chaomian · alternative chau min

1. countableuncountableA westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood.

   Our tasty grooves are better than a chicken chow mein!

   2006, “POD (The Pick of Destiny)”, in The Pick of Destiny, performed by Tenacious D

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   I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein.

   1978, “Werewolves of London”, in Warren Zevon, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel (music), Excitable Boy, performed by Warren Zevon

   Without access to key ingredients from their homeland, Chinese immigrants in the United States working on the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s improvised dishes like chow mein and chop suey that nobody back in their native land would have recognized.

   2007 June 18, Nina Zagat, Tim Zagat, “Meanwhile: Eating Beyond Sichuan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

2. IndiacountableoffensiveslangA person from Northeast India.

   Since I come from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong to a minority race, I too have suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.

   2017 May 23, Alana Golmei, “Let’s talk about racism”, in Hindustan Times, Delhi