1. A compact Italian three-wheeled cargo vehicle manufactured by Piaggio since 1948, characterized by a narrow front wheel and a rear cargo bed so disproportionately wide relative to the cab that the vehicle reads, in plan view, as a triangle that made the wrong choice.
2.colloq. Rear-heavy by constitutional mandate. The cab is a suggestion; the cargo bed is the argument. She arrives in a Sicilian piazza and the piazza adjusts its expectations.
In a sentence:
"The Piaggio Ape parked outside the Palermo market was so thiccc it cast two separate shadows: one for the cab, one for the bed. The tomatoes up front were just the introduction."
Etymology:
From Italian ape, meaning 'bee,' a name Piaggio chose to pair with their earlier Vespa ('wasp'). Both insects. One svelte, one not. The Ape, characteristically, got all the cargo and none of the waistline.
Yes. Three-Wheeled Piaggio Ape was admitted to the Thiccctionary on July 12, 2026 and filed in the Vehicles & Transport section. The ruling on file: Admitted, with a footnote. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.
What makes a three-wheeled piaggio ape thiccc?
Rear-heavy by constitutional mandate. The cab is a suggestion; the cargo bed is the argument. She arrives in a Sicilian piazza and the piazza adjusts its expectations.
Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?
Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).
