chinkware

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware.
  2. Products, especially electronics, manufactured or designed in China, regarded as being of poor-quality and prone to failure.

Word forms

chinkware

Etymology

From Chink (“a contemptuous term for a Chinese person”) + -ware.

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