Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) used as a measure of insignificance, usu. in phr. that ain’t chopped liver and the grievance when feeling ignored, what am I, chopped liver?

1944		E. Wilson 6 Apr. [synd. col.] ‘What am I — chopped liver?’ is something Vera Shea also invented.
1945		Vancouver Sun 20 Dec. 11/1: [T]he first bike show i the Garden grossed $340,000, And that ain’t chopped liver, is it?’.
1949		J. Adams Curtain Never Falls 175: ‘You’ve been nice enough, but what am I, chopped liver or something?’ Jackie patted her hand: ‘Are you kiddin’?’.
1953		Miami News 8E/1: [A] well-bosomed [...] blonde [...] slithers across the stage in a low-cut gown and the comic whistles. Then he turns to the customers [...] and says ‘Mmmmm! Nice, huh? But that ain’t chopped liver!’.
1966		S. Kingsley Night Life 16: Two hundred and eighty million dollars in the Union’s welfare fund. That ain’t chopped liver.
1970		Toronto Star 14 Oct. 18/1: Win or lose [Jerry Quarry] collects at least $300,000 [...] That ain’t chopped liver’.
1971		D. Cavalli ‘ Winthrop’ [synd cartoom strip] 21 Dec. I wonder where everybody is today. I haven’t seen a single living creature all day. So what am I...chopped liver?
1971		Kansas City Times 6 May 2D/2: [T]wo victories in three faces on the same day ain’t exactly chopped liver.
1980		Jackson Sun (TN) 12/4: ‘I played for you with broken legs, pinched nerves...and here you pay millions to this kid who never blocked a punt [...] or even held a placekick. What am I? chopped liver?
1985		Miami Herald 27 Jan. 6C/: ‘I’e won close to 900 games [...] That ain’t chopped liver’.
1993		H.L. Gates Jr Loose Canons 10: The literary canon — now that ain’t chopped liver. Could be you don’t understand how big this thing is.
1993		Dly News (NY) 9 July 4/4: What am I, chopped liver? r does a female have to be 82 [...] to be treated with respect around here?
2005		Winnipeg Sun 15 Apr. 21/: [I]f Antonio defaults on the loan, Shylock gets again to take a pound of his flesh. Yet again, Antonio fails to ask, ‘What am I, chopped liver?’.
2006		H. Kaplan Ninety Degrees at 49 242: That ain’t chopped-liver. But it still ain’t an Academy Award.
2006		Dly Gleaner (New Brunswick) 14 Jan. D5/1: [T]he guy taking the snaps on the other sideline ain’t exactly chopped liver.
2013		Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN) 28 Mar. 18/4: What am I, chopped liver? US Sen. Lamar Alexander says of President Barack Obama’s decision to renominate Dr Marilyn Brown.
2015		Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA) 9 Aug. A23/4: A 5 per cent compound dividend will grow to $4.56 in ten years, and that ain’t chopped liver.
2024		Star-Trib. (Minneapolis, MN) 17 Mar. T7/1: Kevyn Morrow ain’t chopped liver, either, as the ruler of the nether realms.
2025		Corinne F. Bluesky 5 May 🌐 ‘What am I, chopped liver?’ Another of my mum’s favourite sayings when she felt overlooked.