tues., 25 nov., 2014: nahuatl & spanish takes on angstgiving’s legacy, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

NAHUATL:   Gachupin!  (sing.)  /  Gachupines! (pl.)  §

SPANISH / NAHUATL:   ¡Pinchí gachupin!  (sing.)  /  ¡Pinchí Gachupines!   (pl.)   §§

SPANISH / NAHUATL:   ¡A la chingada infierno con el pinchí gachupin!  (sing.) / ¡A la chingada infierno con los pinchí Gachupines! (pl.)    §§§

§ )  gachupin  /  gachupines —  nahuatl [aztec] sobriquet for the conquistador “saviors”, very popular in the 19th. c. & early 20th. c., during wars of independence & revolutions, & still occasionally used against snotty Spaniards who claim to have no Indio in their lineage — indeed the gachupin is so beloved by the nahuatl that they frequently add a jocose “death to” or a just-joshing “to hell with” or an ironic “fucking” to make the terms of their affection perfectly clear — any brandished guns or machetes are also intended ironically, & any injury or death of a gachupin are an unfortunate accident or mishap, & “no, señor policia, we didn’t here or see a thing...”   Etym., Nahuatl, cactli = any sandal, shoe or footwear ; Span., chapín = conquistadores' high heel boots;

 §§ )   “Fucking high-and-mighty gachupin Spaniard!” (s.) /  “Fucking high-&-mighty gachupin Spaniards!”  (pl.) ;

§§§ )   “To fucking hell with that fucking high-&-mighty gachupin Spaniard!”  /  “To fucking hell with those fucking high-&-mighty gachupin Spaniards!”

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

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