fri., 27 sept., 2013: notes on mexican class signifiers, vi.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

                                                                                                               

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chale!  /  Chales!  ‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chale!  /  Chales!  ‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chilangolandia!  ‡‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chilango! ‡‡‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Fresa!   ‡‡‡‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Naco!  (m.)  /  Naca!  (f.)    ‡‡‡‡‡‡

‡ )   “Fuck that [bullshit]!”  /  “No fucking way!” ;  Etym., Span., orig. in Mexico City,  a.k.a.,  Mexico D.F.,  fr. Mexican telenovelas aimed at y.a. & adolescent viewers  [Courtesy M.S.]  ;

      ‡‡ )   “Damn!”  /  “God-damn!”  [Courtesy M.S.] ;

    ‡‡‡ )   “Chilangolandia”  =  Mexico City,  a.k.a.,  Mexico D.F.  [Districto Federal/Fed. District],  Mexico’s Capitol city, & one of the world’s largest urban centers, along with Jakarta, Tokyo, & Cairo  [Courtesy M.S.] ;

   ‡‡‡‡ )   “Chilango”  =  a denizen of “Chilangolandia”  (a.k.a.,  Mexico City, a.k.a.,  Mexico D.F., one of the world’s largest urban centers, along with Jakarta, Tokyo, & Cairo) ;  Chilangos are often seen as arrogant, pretentious,  & snotty wannabe-Eurotrash hipster snobs who look down on any Mexican not from Mexico D.F.  [Courtesy M.S.] ;

  ‡‡‡‡‡ )   “Fresa”  =  Mexican term for Preppy bitches & sons-of-bitches —always upper-middle- or high-class ;  Fresas are so arrogant, affected, & snotty that they even look down on “Chilangos/Chilangas”  [Frescas often speak with a Castilian accent even though the Telemundo Mexico City/ Miami accent’s become the Spanish equiv. of Beeb English]; merely middle class or lower middle class bitches & sons-of-bitches who affect such behavior are seen as “pseudo-Fresa” ; Etym.,  Fresa  =  strawberry  [Courtesy M.S.]  ;

 ‡‡‡‡‡‡ )   “Naco!”  /  “Naca!”   =  nouveaux riché equiv. of white trash, with much more money than taste ; whether justified or not,  they are seen as being selfish & rude rubes,  barely literate,  if even that ; nacos & nacas wear expensive but flashy & trashy clothes & are seen drive expensive & gaudy cars  —  & are just as likely to mount bull horns or a cow skull on their BMW hood as not ;  male Nacos are footy hooligans, & Nacas are hooked on telenovelas  [Courtesy M.S.]  

   

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