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A medal you keep calling yourself after everyone else stopped watching.
means A winner, especially one who holds the title through repeated victory or self-declaration.
from Short for 'champion,' which traces back through French 'champion' to Latin 'campio' — a fighter in the 'campus,' the field, specifically one who'd battle on another's behalf in a trial by combat. The clipped 'champ' shows up as informal slang, the kind of word you'd shout ringside rather than write in a contract.
- origin
- Short for champion, lazy winners needed fewer syllables
- usage
- Often said by losing coaches to crying kids
- horse term
- To champ at the bit means impatient, not victorious
- condescension risk
- Calling an adult champ instantly halves their authority