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I enjoy the nickname Chiraq (as in Ch-Iraq). I've had French acquintances perplexed by this term, because there's been a French president called Jacques Chirac (pronounced the same way).

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Not quite the same. The French 'i' is an 'ee' sound.

Chiraq isn't an insult, that's what people living there call it.

Chiraq is calling Chicago a warzone. I never thought it was an insult.

No we don't, 99.9% of Chicagoans aren't drill rappers.

Hahaha. I lived there and we called it that all the time. More common among friends living on south side tho

I live on the southside and I don't hear anyone calling it Chiraq.

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