Wednesday, November 23, 2016

mon., 21 nov., tues., 22 nov., & wed., 23 nov., 2016: nahuatl & spanish takes on angstgiving’s legacy: 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 a jocose death toor a just-joshing to hell withor 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 hear or see a thing...”   Etym.,  Nahuatl,  cactli  =  any sandal, shoe or footwear ;  Span., chapín  =  conquistadores’ high heel boots;
§§ )   Fucking high-&-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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