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Güey (Spanish pronunciation:; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish that is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. . Though typically (and originally) applied only to males, it can also be used for females (although when using slang, women would more commonly refer to another woman as "chava" [young woman] or "vieja" [old lady])
According to Chicano artist and writer José Antonio Burciaga: . Caló originally defined the Spanish gypsy dialect. But Chicano Caló is the combination of a few basic influences: Hispanicized English; Anglicized Spanish; and the use of archaic 15th-century Spanish words such as truje for traje (brought, past tense of verb 'to bring'), or haiga, for haya (from haber, to have).
Central American and Mexico slang term for police. [15] Cig Pronounced / ˈ k i ɡ / with a hard C; used to refer to inspectors in the Irish police force, An Garda Síochána. Derived from the Irish name cigire. [16] [17] Cop, Coppa or Copper The term copper was the original word, used in Britain to mean "someone who captures".
"Rattler" is a slang expression for a freight train. Hop the twig [2] To die Informal Also 'to hop the stick'. Pagan belief that to jump a stick on the ground leads to the Afterworld. In Abraham's bosom [2] In heaven Neutral From the Holy Bible, Luke 16:22. It's clipped To die/be killed Slang New York Slang for saying something is over.
Across Mexico, more than 450,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands have gone missing in a spiral of violence since the government deployed the army to combat drug trafficking in 2006.
In addition to Americans of Mexican descent, pocho is also used colloquially in Mexico in reference to Mexicans who have emigrated and are perceived to have excessively adopted the customs of their adopted countries. [1] In both uses, lack of fluency in the Spanish language is considered characteristic of pochos. [4] [5]
Authorities in Mexico said Wednesday they have largely confirmed the contents of a grisly drug cartel video showing gunmen shooting, kicking and burning the corpses of their enemies. In a country ...