Green’s Dictionary of Slang

see chile n.

(US) a Mexican.

1983

Maledicta VII 24: Mexicans have also been dubbed [...] chili belly and an alliterative chili chomper.

(US) a US border patrolman, employed to prevent Mexicans from entering the country illegally.

1957		El Paso Herald (TX) 3 Oct. 17/5: A few examples of [...] ‘calo’ [...] ‘Runners,’ attempting to cross the Rio Grande [...] are often double-teamed (surrounded) by chilli chasers (border patrolmen).
1979		Maledicta III:2 166: chili chasers n American border patrolmen; ‘chili’ is a common nickname for Mexicans because of the food’s popularity in Mexico.
1989		H. Rawson Dict. of Invective (1991) 228: Chili or chili eater, a Mexican (members of the Border Patrol are sometimes known as chili chasers).

1. (US) a Mexican.

1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 55: Most of the pejoratives characterized Chicanos in terms of the foods associated with them [...] chili choker, chili bean, tostado, burrito.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 152: The niggers and chilichokers dragged that boy back to the showers [...] and ran a train on him all night long.

2. (US black L.A.) used as a derog. to a fellow black; the premise being one is no better than a Mexican.

1980

E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 55: You ain’ nothin’ but a chili choker!

(US black) a pimp who has only one woman working for him, an inexperienced pimp.

1983

R. Klein Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.].

(US) a Mexican.

1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks 21/2: Chili picker, a Mexican.
1936		R.F. Adams Cowboy Lingo 198: To the cowboy a Mexican was a ‘greaser,’ [...] ‘chili,’ ‘chili-eater,’ or ‘bean-eater’.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 49: chili-eater [...] chili-picker A Mexican; a peon.
1969		in Current Sl. IV:3–4 (1970) 15: Chili chomper, n. A Mexican or Mexican-American (derogatory).
1983		Maledicta VII 24: Mexicans have also been dubbed [...] chili eater, chili belly, and an alliterative chili chomper.
1989		H. Rawson Dict. of Invective (1991) 13: The French have long been reviled as frogs, [...] the British as limeys, the Mexicans as chili eaters, the Italians as spaghetti benders.

(US) a Mexican.

1978

Rascoe & Stone Who’ll Stop the Rain? [film script] Hey, chilihead! [HDAS].

a Mexican restaurant.

1934

F. Nebel ‘Take It and Like It’ in Ruhm Hard-Boiled Detective (1977) 92: Do you know where there’s a chili joint around here?

(US black) a pimp who has only one woman working for him; thus a second-rate pimp.

1962		P. Crump Burn, Killer, Burn! 278: Go ahead, chili pimp, you’ve got the floor.
1972		Milner & Milner Black Players 33: Black pimps never solicit for their women if they are ‘true pimps’ and call a man who does a cigarette pimp, popcorn pimp or chile pimp.
1973		D. Goines Street Players 125: She didn’t have a chili-bowl pimp; she had one of the big players.
1983		R. Klein Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.].
1997		(con. 1970s) G. Pelecanos King Suckerman (1998) 30: Chili mac – lookin’ face. Small, stupid eyes.

(US black) an attractive Latina.

1934		W.R. Burnett Goodbye to the Past 40: ‘I ain’t in the army no more. I take orders from nobody but Bill Meadows. I do what I like. If I want this chili queen here, I take her’.
2000		Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 chili queen Definition: a very sexually attractive latina lady. Example: one thing bout dem chilli queens,they all likes it up de ass.