What does Chiraq mean?

A slang portmanteau of Chicago and Iraq, likening the city to a war zone because of high crime and murder rates.


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Chiraq:

  • City residents and council members have request we no longer refer to it as Chiraq.


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CHI-RAQ Official Trailer (2015) - Spike Lee [HD] | YouTube

  • A Movie that mentions "Chiraq."
  • Chi-Raq is a 2015 American musical comedy film, directed and produced by Spike Lee.

    The plot is based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata, in which women withhold sex from their combatant husbands to put an end to the Peloponnesian War.

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