tues., 24 nov., 2015: 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 hear 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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