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Gusano. (slur) Fidel Castro in Washington, D.C. in 1959. Gusano (lit. worm, fem. gusana) [1][2] is a term used to refer to Cubans who fled Cuba following the rise of Fidel Castro after the Cuban Revolution. [3][4]
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.
Cuban Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Cuba. As a Caribbean variety of Spanish, Cuban Spanish shares a number of features with nearby varieties, including coda weakening and neutralization, non-inversion of Wh-questions, and a lower rate of dropping of subject pronouns compared to other Spanish varieties.
Cuban nigger white Cubans, used by Anglo Americans in 1900s Tampa. [237] Cubiche Cubans, used by Spanish speakers. [238] Gusano Cuban exiles. The term was coined by Fidel Castro, who called Cubans leaving in the Freedom Flights gusanos ('worms') and insisted the Cuban exiles were capitalists who had profited during the pre-Castro era. [239 ...
t. e. Chonga is a Spanish-derived term used especially in South Florida, often to indicate a working-class, sexually liberated, very sassy, and emotionally expressive young woman. Chongas are also a distinct subculture, believed to have developed in Miami in the late 20th century. Members are typically young, working-class Hispanic women.
Gusano. Look up gusano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gusano roughly translates to worm in Spanish and may refer to: Los Gusanos, a band formed in 1992 by C. J. Ramone. Gusanos, a clone project of Liero. de gusano, a subtype of mezcal. Gusano (slur), a term first used by Fidel Castro towards Cuban counter-revolutionaries.
t. e. A sign offering free consultation from a mechanic, taken in Miami, Florida. Spanglish (a mix of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English. The term is mostly used in the United States ...
However, in an earlier publication, the 1960 Dictionary of American Slang, written by Dr. Harold Wentworth, with Flexner as second author, spic is first identified as a noun for an Italian or "American of Italian ancestry", along with the words 'spic, spig, and spiggoty, and confirms that it is shortened from the word spaghetti.