# Is "chapping my hide" a SDMB-flavor-of-the-month expression? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886 "2025-12-20T12:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/1 "2025-12-20T12:01:44Z")
I am an English-as-a-second-language poster, so my exposure to English is way more concentrated than that of many native speakers here. Which has good and not-so-good sides. One good side is that I seem to reckon that there are “newish” expressions that I haven’t heard before (or not much). Having said that: it seems to mee, “ **chap my hide** ” is an expression that I haven’t heard much (if any) some 3 months ago, but probably read 5-10 times in the past few months here … so, is it “my personal observation bias” or are there **fashonable expressions on SDMB** that ebb and flow? are there others, too? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/2 "2025-12-20T12:35:03Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever noticed that expression used outside of a John Wayne parody, but it does clock with a population that is predominantly older men slowly embracing their inner codger. The uptick I really noticed recently is the old-timey “folk” to mean (plural) people. “Folks” for me usually meant parents and (singular) “folk” was never used as a noun. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/3 "2025-12-20T12:37:02Z")
Sounds more like an old expression from western movies and TV shows from the 50s and 60s. I can recall the expression chaps my ass from that time period, so chaps my hide would be a equivalent, more polite variation that you would see on tv. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/4 "2025-12-20T12:47:07Z")
I find one “chaps my ass” and one “chaps my hide” on SDMB in December. This is not a new expression. I only looked at December, but the frequency could be investigated further. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/5 "2025-12-20T12:54:24Z")
Is it tied to one or two specific users? Maybe we could arrange an interdiction for them before they start darn tootin and dagnammitting uncontrollably all over the board. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/6 "2025-12-20T12:55:00Z")
Apparently, “chaps my hide” occurs 216 times, going back to 1999 ! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/7 "2025-12-20T13:01:44Z")
I haven’t noticed it a lot around here recently, but I first heard “chaps my hide” (or “chaps my fanny”\*) way back in the mid 80s. So it’s not new. \* The American “fanny”, not the British, which I understand is a completely different thing. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/8 "2025-12-20T15:06:27Z")
Does the expression chafe your sensibilities? ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/9 "2025-12-20T18:07:58Z")
No, it piques my interest ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/10 "2025-12-20T18:16:17Z")
Yeah, it’s a pretty standard, if not old-timey, expression. I tend to use “grinds my gears” more these days, but that may be Family Guy-influenced. See also: “gets my goat,” “frosts my cookies,” and “burns my biscuits.” They all have this folksy whimsy to them. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chapping-my-hide-a-sdmb-flavor-of-the-month-expression/1025886/11 "2025-12-20T18:21:38Z")
According to AI, the expression dates back at least to the 1800s.