Chips (such as potato chips or tortilla chips) often break in a dip. “#iHate when the chip break in the dip and you send in the recon chip, and it break too!” was posted on Twitter by King Jeffrey III Crown on May 11, 2011. “RT @iPootOnPillows: #iHate when the chip break in the dip and you send in the recon chip, and it break too!” was posted on Twitter by shabba hanks at about the same time on May 11, 2011.
 
“The sad moment you lose a chip in the dip so you send in a recon chip and that breaks too -.-” was posted by many people on Twitter on January 2, 2012, and has been printed on many images.
 
”Recon Chip A chip used to attempt to fish a broken chip out of the dip” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on April 29, 2013.
   
“What’s worse than a chip breaking off in the dip?  The second chip, on a rescue mission, breaking off in the dip” is a related saying.
   
     
Twitter
King Jeffrey III Crown
@iFckdBettyWhite
#iHate when the chip break in the dip and you send in the recon chip, and it break too!
10:05 PM · May 11, 2011·Plume for Android
 
Twitter
shabba hanks
@Curry_Barbie
RT @iPootOnPillows: #iHate when the chip break in the dip and you send in the recon chip, and it break too!
10:09 PM · May 11, 2011·erased734497
   
Twitter 
♥ Beautiful ♌
@shessosmoove
@YoWeaveStankHoe the “recon” chip??! Smh lmao
1:03 PM · May 12, 2011·erased734497
   
Twitter
No Government Tay
@THEBlackProdigy
RT @YoWeaveStankHoe Donkt you hate when your chip breaks in the dip..then you send in the recon chip and it breaks too! smh
1:08 PM · May 12, 2011·Plume for Android
 
Twitter
milk
@miilkkk
dont you hate when your chip breaks in the dip..then you send in the recon chip and it breaks too smh
3:55 PM · May 12, 2011·Twitter for Android
 
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@Raquelita_91
The sad moment you lose a chip in the dip so you send in a recon chip and that breaks too -.-
1:27 PM · Jan 2, 2012·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
cristian arce
@cristianboricua
The sad moment you lose a chip in the dip so you send in a recon chip and that breaks too -.-
1:33 PM · Jan 2, 2012·HTC Peep
   
Twitter
milk
@miilkkk
The sad moment you lose a chip in the dip so you send in a recon chip and that breaks too -.-..
5:34 PM · Jan 2, 2012·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Peter Griffin
@PeterGriffiin
That sad moment when you lose a chip in the dip so you send in a recon chip in and that breaks too.
10:18 PM · Apr 21, 2013·Twitter Web Client
 
Urban Dictionary
Recon Chip
A chip used to attempt to fish a broken chip out of the dip.
“Dude, I broke half of my chip off inside the queso.”
“No problem man, just send in a Recon Chip”
#rescue chip#assist chip#safety chip#wrecon chip#rekon chip
by LightningDash April 29, 2013
   
Twitter
Steve Stifler
@StevStiffler
That sad moment when you lose a chip in the dip, so you send in a recon chip, and that breaks too.
8:30 PM · May 19, 2014·Hootsuite
 
Twitter
chris†ian
@WeeklyChris
The sad moment when you lose a chip in the dip so you send a recon chip to save it but that chip breaks too
1:13 PM · Jun 28, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
Amanda Blain
@amandablain
The sad moment you lose a chip in the dip, so you send in a recon chip in and that breaks too.
2:42 PM · Aug 14, 2018·Ab Tweets
 
Twitter
Vegas Golden Knights
@GoldenKnights
End of 1
Us: 0
Stars: 2
Mood: losing your chip in the guac, sending in a recon chip, losing the recon chip
9:13 PM · Nov 25, 2019·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
Christian Wachel
@PKsavvy
When you dip a chip in salsa but it breaks so you have to send a recon chip in but it breaks also. Feelsbadman
6:02 PM · Apr 26, 2020·Twitter for iPhone