ちょい悪わるオヤジ

also: ちょいわるおやじ · チョイわるオヤジ · チョイわるおやじ

Meanings

slightly bad older man; fashionable rough-looking middle-aged man

Colloquial term for a middle-aged man who has a stylish, slightly rough or wild appearance, often burly or with a bad-boy charm. Popularized by fashion magazines.

最さい近きん、ちょい悪わるオヤジファッションが流行はやっている。
Lately, the 'slightly bad older man' fashion is trending.
彼かれはちょい悪わるオヤジって感かんじで、無ぶ精しょうひげが似に合あう。
He has that 'slightly bad older man' vibe, and the stubble suits him.

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Kanji

悪bad, vice, rascal

Related words

オヤジ
オヤジ is a casual term for a middle-aged or older man, often one's father or a boss. ちょい悪オヤジ specifically adds the nuance of being slightly rough or bad in a stylish way.
悪わる
悪 means 'bad' or 'evil'. In ちょい悪, it is softened by ちょい (a little) to mean 'slightly bad' in a playful, fashionable sense.

Written forms

ちょい悪わるオヤジ
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling.
ちょい悪わるおやじ
Hiragana variant of オヤジ.
チョイ悪わるオヤジ
Katakana variant of ちょい.
チョイ悪わるおやじ
Katakana チョイ with hiragana おやじ.
ちょいワルおやじ
kana-only spelling
Katakana ワル variant; marks as no_kanji.
ちょいワルオヤジ
kana-only spelling
Katakana ワル and オヤジ variant; marks as no_kanji.
ちょいわるおやじ
チョイわるおやじ
チョイわるオヤジ

Etymology

Compound of ちょい (colloquial for 'a little') + 悪 (わる, 'bad') + オヤジ (colloquial for 'middle-aged man'). The term was popularized in the 2000s by Japanese fashion magazines to describe a stylish, slightly rough-looking older man.