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  2. Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    Concha (lit.: " mollusk shell" or "inner ear") is an offensive word for a woman's vulva or vagina (i.e. something akin to English cunt) in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico. In the rest of Latin America and Spain however, the word is only used with its literal meaning.

  3. Naco (slang) - Wikipedia

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    Naco (slang) Naco (fem. naca) is a pejorative word often used in Mexican Spanish that may be translated into English as "low-class", "uncultured", "vulgar" or "uncivilized ". [ 1 ] A naco (Spanish: [ˈnako] ⓘ) is usually associated with lower socio-economic classes. Although, it is used across all socioeconomic classes, when associated with ...

  4. Spanglish - Wikipedia

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    Spanglish is the fluid exchange of language between English and Spanish, present in the heavy influence in the words and phrases used by the speaker. [ 16 ] Spanglish is currently considered a hybrid language practice by linguists–many actually refer to Spanglish as "Spanish-English code-switching ", though there is some influence of ...

  5. La chingada - Wikipedia

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    La chingada. La chingada is a term commonly used in colloquial, even crass, Mexican Spanish that refers to various conditions or situations of, generally, negative connotations. The word is derived from the verb chingar, "to fuck". The concept of "la chingada" has been famously analysed by Octavio Paz in his book The Labyrinth of Solitude.

  6. List of Generation Z slang - Wikipedia

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    List of Generation Z slang. Appearance. "If You Know You Know" redirects here. For the Pusha T song, see If You Know You Know (song). The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world.

  7. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    List. a sudden nervous reaction, similar to hysterics, or losing control, experienced in response to something [2] ¡Bendito! variants are ¡Ay bendito! and dito - “aww poor you” or “oh my god”; “ay” meaning lament, and “bendito” meaning blessed. [3][4] Referring to food; rotten or damaged. [3] Wild, off the rails, disastrous ...

  8. Pocho - Wikipedia

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    Definition. The term originally referred to fruit that was spoiled or rotten, as well as to plants and individuals that appeared to be in poor health. [1] Earl Shorris, an American writer and critic, defined pochos as Americans of Mexican descent "who [had] traded [their] language and culture for the illusory blandishments of life in the United ...

  9. Gaslighting - Wikipedia

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    Gaslighting. Checked. Gaslighting is a colloquialism, defined as manipulating someone into questioning their own perception of reality. [1][2] The expression, which derives from the title of the 1944 film Gaslight, became popular in the mid-2010s. Merriam-Webster cites deception of one's memory, perception of reality, or mental stability. [2]