Chun Lee
Inflections plural Chun Lees; clipped chun (chill + fun); clipped lee (legit + bae)
A person with whom one is romantically involved and of whom one is genuinely fond, but in a relationship understood by both parties to be low-stakes and not serious; a casual but well-regarded partner.
Used predicatively of the qualities the term encodes: at once chill, fun, legit, and bae.
“So this is chill, fun, legit, and bae.”
— Professor Sendy
As an object of casual courtship; the person one is, in plainer terms, merely hitting.
“So you're hitting Chun Lee?”
— Professor Sendy
“When I first met my Chun Lee, she made me bromise not to crash out so much.”
— Professor Sendy
“Instead of going out, me and my Chun Lee stay in and play Sonopoly.”
— Professor Sendy
Synonyms
Word History
The Combo
chill fun legit bae Chun Lee
lend (wombo) of chill + fun + legit + bae, the four qualities of the designated companion. The two-token spelling "Chun Lee" puns on the name of the Street Fighter character Chun-Li, with "Chun" yielding chill + fun and "Lee" yielding legit + bae, so that the full form may be clipped to either element. Coined by Professor Sendy.
First Known Use 2026
Coinage credited to Professor Sendy.
Attested in the source utterance, @ProfessorSendy ↗