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I've seen several sources explain the colloquialism in different ways. One
says the っちゃ is a slang way of saying よりの, as in ありよりのあり. Another says it's a
slang way of saying と言えば as in ありと言えばあり (which I frankly find more likely).

Since both full sentences point to rather different sentiments (the affirming
attitude of 'it more than exists' vs the unwilling 'well it is there') I
thought I'd ask if there was anyone familiar with it.

Is it one of the two sentences, or am I misunderstanding the sentiment of one
sentence, or is it a shortening of something else entirely?
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translation slang colloquial-language contractions
ありっちゃあり meaning?
ありっちゃあり is indeed a contraction of ありといえばあり and it's a way of saying "yeah,
sure, why not...".

As you say, it's completely parallel to おいしいといえばおいしい, just with あり (which
means something like "something is possible/doable/acceptable/...").
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〜っちゃ of ありっちゃあり is a contraction of と言{い}えば. So, ありっちゃあり is basically
ありと言{い}えばあり 'it is possible if you say so (but...)'

ありっちゃあり is normally used to talk about a thing that has a high possibility,
though the translation varies depending on what the verb あり indicates in
context.
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