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    [Verb]  | "chose" 


    1: to select freely and after consideration

    2: to decide on especially by vote : elect

    3: to have a preference for

    [Verb]  | "choose" | \ ˈchüz \


    1: to select freely and after consideration

    2: to decide on especially by vote : elect

    3: to have a preference for


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English chosen, from Old English cēosan; akin to Old High German kiosan to choose, Latin gustare to taste;

    [Verb]  | "choose up" 


    1: to form (sides) especially for a game by having opposing captains choose their players

    2: to form sides for a game


    Origin: 1850 ;

    [Verb]  | "pick" | \ ˈpik \


    1: to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument

    2: to remove bit by bit

    3: to remove covering or adhering matter from


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English piken, partly from Old English *pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick {mat|pike|};

    [Noun]  | "chose" | \ ˈshōz \


    1: a piece of personal property : thing


    Origin: 1670 ;

     French, from Latin causa cause, reason;

    [French phrase]  | "c'est au*tre chose" | \ se-tōt-shōz \


    1: that's a different thing : that's something else entirely

    [French phrase]  | "peu de chose" | \ pœd-shōz \


    1: a trifle : nothing much

    [French quotation from {i_link|Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr|Karr:b}]  | "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" | \ plᵫ-sä-shäⁿzh plᵫ-se-lä-mem-shōz \


    1: the more that changes, the more it's the same thing : the more things change, the more they stay the same —often shortened to plus ça change

    [Verb]  | "chose" 


    1: to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities;


      * e.g., " ... choose a computer that best suits your needs "





    2: to see fit;


      * e.g., " ... you can wear whatever you choose to the party "



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    3: to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration;


      * e.g., " ... chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper "



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    [Verb]  | "choose" 


    1: to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities;


      * e.g., " ... choose a computer that best suits your needs "





    2: to see fit;


      * e.g., " ... you can wear whatever you choose to the party "



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    3: to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration;


      * e.g., " ... chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper "



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     [ "Chose" ]

    1: Slang for "chosen" as in picked or selected. Most of the time it's referring to being chosen for marriage or marriage material/ a serious relationship. --It can apply to men too.

      * e.g.,  ... "She tryna get chose." Or girls getting dressed to go out might have a convo like this, "Girl I know you don't think you go'n get chose wearin that?! Lol" 

     [ "Chose" ]

    1: A ghetto term for stolen

      * e.g.,  ... BurNita: Gurrrrl you betta go get you shit, it's bout to get chose by dem bummy broads over there. CaraNeesha: Guuuurrl you daaamn rite she eyein ma shit like it's bout to snatch her weave. Lemme go get that shit rite quick. 

     [ "Chinky Chose" ]

    1: Brooklyn kids playing street games in the 1950's believed in karma and called it Chinky Chose. Chinky Chose was a mystical payback against cheaters. When a kid cheated to win a point, but then lost the next point (or the whole game), the other kids taunted the offender, usually in a sing-song voice and sometimes with a pointed finger, "Chinky Chose, always shows."

      * e.g.,  ... You cheated but lost anyway -- ha ha, Chinky Chose, always shows! 

     [ "mac-and-chose" ]

    1: Past tense of Mac-and-cheese

      * e.g.,  ... Yesterday I had a big bowl of mac-and-chose 

     [ "Quelque Chose" ]

    1: Quelque Chose: Whatever, or Who Cares

      * e.g.,  ... Nick: Hey Emily, How are you doing today? Emily: You know, Quelque Chose!!!!!!! James: Last Night was So QuelK. Elisabeth aka Box car Betty: God I hated that Movie What did you think Brigit? Brigit La Boomba: Quelque Chose!!! 

     [ "tryna get chose" ]

    1: Occurs when a woman wants to be in a serious relationship- that could lead to marriage.

      * e.g.,  ... You can't just pick her up at a bar. She wants a serious relationship. She's tryna get chose. 

     [ "woke up and chose violence" ]

    1: woke up and chose violence — the act of awakening and greeting the day with absolutely the worst decision that you could possibly make. And sometimes it is actually violence. It’s starting the day and performing any action that unalterably changes your life forever.

      * e.g.,  ... The people who attacked The Capitol on January 6th 2021 — attacked the symbolic seat of the American people’s power — just woke up and chose violence that day. And, as a result, the ring leaders are receiving long federal prison sentences. 

     [ "woke up and chose chaos" ]

    1: woke up and chose chaos — a corollary to waking up and choosing violence. Waking up and choosing chaos involves beginning your day with an impulsive act that can and does throw your entire existence into disarray. A common excuse for waking ping up and choosing chaos is: “I just had to speak from ‘my strong place’”. And then the chaos ensues.

      * e.g.,  ... I woke up and chose chaos when I called my wife’s divorce lawyer and told him to do her worst — I dared her!!!!!! 

     [ "woke up and chose violence" ]

    1: When someone ABSOLUTELY flames someone else, someone basically saying you flamed him

      * e.g.,  ... this man woke up and chose violence 

     [ "thug life chose me" ]

    1: Often used at the end of the world-famous phrase. "I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me." or "I didn't choose the thug lyfe, the thug lyfe chose me." Meaning; when one does something badass as a "joke" or a "serious thing". They were too much of a thug that the "thug life" chose them.

      * e.g.,  ... *2cool4skool kid makes fun of the teacher out loud, gets sent out of class* "I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me." , said the school kid. 

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