Sunday, October 11, 2015

& sun., 11 oct., 2015: countdown to christopho colombo day, iii.: 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 their 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 or front-load a jocose death to” or a just-joshing to hell with” or an ironicfucking 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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