to leave. comes from leaving a smoking session with no smoke for later and trying to ponse some... original phrase was "chip me off a corner" before i go".. shortened and corrupted to "im gonna chip off .. or "im chipping now"
Where the "chip" is referring to the son (or sometimes daughter), and the "block" is referring to the father (but seldom the mother). Meaning that the offspring heavily resemble their own parents. Also meaning that the son has acquired a characteristic from their father.
Hey Johnny, that's exactly what your Pop said! You're a real chip off of the old block, ya know that?
This parable has been dated since back in the 1700's as has been documented to have been used as "as a chip off the old block." It is a statement that is frequently used to express that person being said about resembles their biological parents in some way.
-Jenny sure does talk a lot - a real chip off the old block.
-Looking at T Swift's mom - not a real chip off the old block.
-Timmy looks like his mother had a secret affair with someone else besides his father - not a chip off the old block.
When a magician shoots your shoulder, turning it to stone, and shortly afterwards your friend throws a baseball at you, assuming you can catch it, but you cant because your shoulder is stone, so it hits it, and chips it. And in the ensuing rampage that you enter after having your shoulder inadvertently chipped, you accidentally kill your girlfriend.
