Entry · catalog no. 9998
get chose
/ /ɡɛt ˈtʃoʊz/ /get CHOHZ
phrase · U.S. urban Black communities, spread nationally via Black Twitter and Instagram · 2010s
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To be singled out, selected, and taken seriously as a partner — especially by a woman who wants a man to choose her for a committed, marriage-track relationship rather than a casual one. By extension, it describes anyone or anything (an outfit, a look, a person in a crowd) standing out enough to be the one picked over all other options.
“She been dressing sharp all month — she out here tryna get chose.”
Origin & Attribution
Rooted in Black women's dating and self-presentation vernacular, where 'chose' is used as the past participle of 'choose' in place of standard 'chosen.' The earliest documented uses frame it around courtship — a woman wanting a man to select her for something serious rather than a fling. It grew alongside 2010s 'baddie' culture, where looking put-together in public or on Instagram was tied to the idea of being noticed and selected rather than chasing.
2011
Earliest documented online entry defining 'tryna get chose' around wanting a serious, marriage-track relationship
2018
Broader Urban Dictionary entry expands 'chose' to cover being picked for marriage or as marriage material, noting it applies to men too
2010s
Phrase folds into Instagram 'baddie' culture, where looking chosen-worthy in appearance ties directly to the concept
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
U.S. urban Black communities, spread nationally via Black Twitter and Instagram · 2010s
Spoken by
Black women in dating and social vernacular; carried into wider Black Twitter and Instagram baddie culture
$GETCHOThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady15 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
42/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2011
in the culture
Recorded here
2026
point of first record
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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Citations & Sources
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Most of the time it's referring to being chosen for marriage or marriage material/ a serious relationship
Urban Dictionary entry, 2018
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+ Cite a sourceOccurs when a woman wants to be in a serious relationship- that could lead to marriage
Urban Dictionary entry, 2011
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