mon., 30 sept., 2019: notes on spain’s gen-x-y-z, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]

SPANISH:   Nini!  /  Ni  [estudiando]  ni  [trabajando] !  ‡

‡)  “Neither  [studying]  or  [working]!”  = 

Used both in Spain & in Mexico to describe the new lost generation,  victimized by yet another global economic catastrophe ;  unemployment among youth is as high as 75% or 80%  in some parts of Spain & Mexico ;  Etym.,  Span.,  nini  =  contraction of  “neither-neither”  [Courtesy M.S.]

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