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    What is a chimo?

    Question #110552. Asked by star_gazer.

    looney_tunes

    MANY THINGS!

    Chimo may refer to:
    * Chimo, a word of greeting, farewell, and toast before drinking once widely spoken in the Inuktitut language in northern Canada
    o A greeting still in use in some parts of Southern Ontario and Western Canada
    o The cheer of the Canadian Military Engineers
    * the 223 Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Corps CHIMO, founded in 1970 at Longueuil, Quebec (re-named 223 RCSCC LONGUEUIL in the mid 1980s)
    * Chimo, an active softball league founded in Brossard, Québec in 1979[3]
    * Chimo (orca), the only white killer whale displayed in captivity, at Sealand of the Pacific from 1970-72
    * Chimo!, 1960s Canadian rock band
    * Chimo Bayo, 1990s Spanish dance act
    * Chimo, a very strong tobacco paste taken orally, principally in Venezuela and adjacent countries

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimo


    *Pronounced Chy-Mo. Combination of child and molester. Use as code whenever a suspicious looking man (or woman) is around to alert everyone.
    *Though short for "child molester," chimo is often used to describe high school seniors dating high school freshman.
    *A word used to describe a violent bout of diarrhea.
    Abbreviated form: Chim (pronounced "Cheem")

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chimo

    Nov 07 09, 2:24 PM
    unclerick

    Chimo was also the name of a naval radio facility located in northern Quebec. It was located at the site of Fort Chimo a former Hudsons Bay Company trading post.

    Chimo is an adaption of the Inuktitut word "saimuk" meaning "lets shake hands".

    http://jproc.ca/rrp/chimo.html

    Nov 08 09, 5:38 PM
    queproblema

    Chimo is also a nickname for Joaquin.
    http://www.behindthename.com/name/chimo

    The Chimo Bayo dance act referenced above is the name of the artist.
    http://www.discogs.com/artist/Chimo+Bayo

    Nov 08 09, 6:12 PM

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