chillax

Blend of chill out +‎ relax. First use appears c. 1994.^[1] See cite below.

• enPR: chĭlăksʹ IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪˈlæks/

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• Rhymes: -æks

chillax (third-person singular simple present chillaxes, present participle chillaxing, simple past and past participle chillaxed) (intransitive, slang)

1. (intransitive) To relax; to be laid back.
   • 1994 December 6, Fern Cervantes, “Devil worshipping mom beaters”, in bit.listserv.cinema-l‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Chillax my friend. I agree with most of your sentiments about Tarantino and his use of violence as comedy.

2. (intransitive) To calm down.
   • 2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (11:30 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎^[2], season 3, episode 1, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal):

     “Chillax, familiar. We get it: you're a vampire-killer, with the stakes and the reflexes and all that-- great job.”

3. (intransitive) To behave.

• (relax): chill out, relax, unwind
• (calm down): calm down, chill, cool it
• (behave): be good, behave (oneself)

• (antonym(s) of “relax”): get worked up, stress oneself (out)
• (antonym(s) of “calm down”): get riled up
• (antonym(s) of “behave”): behave badly, misbehave