& thurs., 23 nov., 2017: nahuatl & spanish takes on angstgiving’s legacy, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

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

SPANISH / NAHUATL:   ¡Pinchí gachupin!  (sing.)  /  ¡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 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-&-mighty gachupin Spaniard!”  (s.)  /  “Fucking high-&-mighty gachupin Spaniards!”   (pl.)

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