mon., 23 nov., 2020: a nahuatl take on angstgiving’s legacy: give us This Day our Daily Curse

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

NAHUATL:   Gachupin!  (sing.)  /  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 heeeere or see a thing...”   Etym.,  Nahuatl,  cactli  =  any sandal,  shoe or footwear ;  Span.,  chapín  =  conquistadores' high heel boots

  

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