Thursday, October 16, 2014

thurs., 16 oct., 2014: argentine class distinctions, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:   Topu!  (m.)  ‡

‡  )  “Faggot!”  NOTE:  Spanish Lunfardo,  a street slang common to southern Latin America,  often includes pig latin terms linguistically & sociologically similar to the French street slang known as Verlan.  Etym.,  Span. Lunfardo pig latin Topu  =  Marícon,  i.e.,   faggot.

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