Chiclet

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Chicklet or Chiclet can refer to:

  • Chicle, a gum from Manilkara chicle trees
  • Chiclets, a type of candy, a chewing gum, which includes chicle as an ingredient
    • Slang for teeth, derived from the plain white color of the candy
    • Slang for cocaine, derived from the white color of the drug
  • Chiclet keyboard, characterised by small, "Chiclet" sized and shaped rubbery keys, named after the candy.
  • Chicklet, traditional term for young chicken or young bird
  • Chiclet, A small icon adjacent to a blog post, article or web page to indicate the availability of an RSS feed, or to allow users to share the information via social media.
    • Note: The term used in this context refers back to the square, pillow shape of Chiclets gum. It is sometimes misspelled 'chicklet' by those ignorant of the reference (cf. the misspelling of the common user interface element known as a 'radio button' as 'radial button' by those unfamiliar with the old style of car radios which used push-buttons for station presets).
  • Chiclet, An upper right hand corner button for configuring toolbars of some Aqua windows on Mac OS X
    • Note: The term used in this context refers back to the square, pillow shape of Chiclets gum. It is sometimes misspelled 'chicklet' by those ignorant of the reference (cf. the misspelling of the common user interface element known as a 'radio button' as 'radial button' by those unfamiliar with the old style of car radios which used push-buttons for station presets).
  • A slang term for some electronic article surveillance tags
  • Michael Chiclets, nickname of American actor Michael Chiklis
  • Chicklet or Chiclet, Department of Defense method for tracking duty schedules.
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