MEXICO
ADJECTIVES
► ADOBE Mexican; hence, second-rate, inferior → 19C US sl., derogatory
► DAGO pert. to a Latin, usually an Italian, a Mexican or a Spaniard; any dark-skinned native → M19 sl., orig. US, derogatory
► MESKIN Mexican → 1953 Amer. dial.
► MEX Mexican → 1854 US sl., offensive
► MEXICONIAN Mexican → 1727 obs.
► PACHOOK pert. to Mexican-Americans (esp. street gang members) or their culture → 1940s US sl.
► PACHUCO pert. to Mexican-Americans (esp. street gang members) or their culture → 1940s US sl.
► PANCHO pert. to Mexicans or to Mexican lifestyle, fashions, etc. → 1940s US sl.
► TACO inhabited by or characteristic of Mexicans → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► TEX-MEX Texan-Mexican → Amer. sl.
NOUNS
► AUNT JANE Tijuana, Mexico → 1928 US sl.
► CHIHUAHUA HILL a section of a town or city populate primarily by persons of Mexican ancestry → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHIHUAHUA TOWN a section of a town or city populate primarily by persons of Mexican ancestry → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DAGO CENTER the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city → 1920s US sl., derogatory
► DAGO TOWN the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city → 1920s US sl., derogatory
► J-TOWN Juarez, Mexico → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► LITTLE CHIHUAHUA a section of a town or city populate primarily by persons of Mexican ancestry → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OLD MEXICO Mexico → 1863 Amer. dial.
► TACO TELEGRAPH, THE the informal means by which news is spread in Mexican communities → 1989 Amer. dial.
► TACOLAND the part of town where the Mexicans live → 1960s sl., derogatory
► TACO TOWN the Mexican section of a community → 1970 Amer. sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► WAZOO Juarez, Mexico → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► WHOREZ ‘Juarez,’ Mexico, a city notorious for vice → M20 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ADOBE MAKER a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1960s US sl., derogatory
► ALAMBRISTA a Mexican illegally present in the US → 1974 US Border Spanish
► BATO any Mexican, Puerto Rican, or other Latin person → 1971 African-American sl.
► BEAN a Mexican or Mexican-American; any Spanish-American → 1949 US sl., derogatory
► BEAN AND CHILI EATER a Mexican → 1954 US sl., derogatory
► BEANBAG a Mexican → 1971 US sl., usually offensive
► BEAN BANDIT a Mexican or other Latin American → 1959 US sl., usually offensive
► BEAN CHOKER a Mexican; a Spanish-American → 1980 US sl., derogatory
► BEAN DIP a Mexican → 1990 US sl., derogatory
► BEAN-EATER a Mexican, esp. a poor Mexican → 1919 US sl., derogatory
► BEANER a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1965 US sl., derogatory
► BEANO a person of Mexican origin → 1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
► BIG HAT a person of Mexican heritage → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BORDER BROTHERS Mexicans 2000s US prison sl.
► BRACERO orig. a Mexican admitted to the US for seasonal agricultural work; later, any Mexican labourer in the US → 1959 Amer. dial.
► BRAVO a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1970 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► BROWN a Mexican or Puerto Rican; a Hispanic person → 1981 Amer. dial., derogatory
► CHARRO a Mexican cowboy or horseman → 1932 Amer. dial.
► CHICO a Mexican, esp. one considered of a lower class or mixed blood → 1960s US sl.
► CHILI a Mexican → 1936 Amer. dial., derogatory
► CHILI CHOMPER a Mexican or a Mexican-American → 1970 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► CHILI-EATER a Mexican → 1911 US sl., derogatory
► CHOLO a Mexican, esp. a low-class one; a half-breed → 1851 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► CHUCKE a Mexican or a Mexican-American → 1970 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► CHUCO a Mexican-American, esp. a member of a street gang → 1966 US sl.
► CHUEY a Mexican or a Mexican-American → 1970 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► CHUKE a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1970 US sl. derogatory
► DAGO a person of Hispanic birth or descent; a Mexican or Puerto Rican → 1823 Amer. sl., derogatory
► DINO a nickname for a Mexican or Italian labourer → 20C US sl., mildly derogatory
► ENCHILADA-EATER a nickname for a Mexican → M20 US sl., derogatory
► FRIJOLE-EATER a Mexican → 20C US sl., derogatory
► FRIJOLE GUZZLER a Mexican → 20C US sl., derogatory
► GREASER a native Mexican or native Spanish American; orig. applied contemptuously by Americans in the south-western United States to the Mexicans’ → 1848 US sl.
► LUBRICATOR a native Mexican or native Spanish American; orig. applied in contempt by Americans in the south-western US to the Mexicans → 1872 US sl.
► MESCAN ► MESCIN ► MESKIN a Mexican → 1953 Amer. dial.
► MEX a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1847 US sl., offensive
► MEXICANO anyone from Mexico → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MEXIE a Mexican → 1899 US sl., usually offensive
► MOJADO an illegal Mexican immigrant to the United States; a ‘wetback’ → 1971 US colloq.
► OILER a nickname for a Mexican → 1907 Amer. sl., derogatory
► PACHOOK a Mexican-American, esp. a young man who joins a street gang → 1940s US sl.
► PACHUCA a female Mexican-American young person, usually rowdy, tough, sometimes a member of a gang (Spanish) → 1980 US, often derogatory
► PACHUCO a young Mexican-American, esp. a tough or gang member → 1943 US sl.
► PANCHO a term of address to an anonymous Mexican man → 1960s US sl., derogatory
► PELADO a low-class Mexican → 1848 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► PEON a Mexican or person of Mexican origin → 1882 Amer. dial., derogatory
► PEPPER a Mexican or person of Mexican origin → 1960 Amer. sl., often derogatory
► PEPPER BELLY a Mexican or person of Mexican origin → 1962 Amer. sl., often derogatory
► PEPPER GUT a Mexican or person of Mexican origin → 1944 Amer. sl., often derogatory
► PINTO BEAN a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1970 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► SHEEPHERDER a Mexican → 1949 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► SHUCK a nickname for a Mexican → M20 US sl., derogatory
► SUN-GRINNER a Mexican → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► TACO a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► TACO BELLE a Latin American woman → 1989 sl.
► TACO-BENDER a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1970 Amer. sl., derogatory
► TACO-BREATH a Mexican → 1978 US sl., derogatory
► TACO-EATER a Mexican; a Chicano → 1978 US sl., derogatory
► TACO-HEAD a Mexican or a Chicano → 1978 US sl., derogatory
► TACO-ROLLER a Mexican or Mexican-American → 1968 Amer. sl., derogatory
► TACO-TWISTER a Mexican migrant worker → 1974 Amer. sl., derogatory
► TAMALE a Mexican girl or woman, esp. if attractive or desirable → 1982 US sl., derogatory
► TAMALE-EATER a Mexican → 1909 US sl., derogatory
► TEX-MEX a native of the Texas-Mexico border region → 1949 US sl.
► TIO TACO a Mexican-American who curries favour with the dominant White culture; a Mexican who is considered insufficiently nationalistic by others → 1969 US sl., derogatory
► TONY a nickname for an Italian or Mexican man → 1907 Amer. dial.
► WET an illegal immigrant from Mexico to the US; hence, to any illegal immigrant → 1973 US sl.
► WETBACK a Mexican or Mexican American; orig. an illegal Mexican who was still wet from swimming across the Rio Grande → 1920 US colloq., derogatory
► YELLOW-BELLY a Mexican, esp. a soldier → 1842 obs., derogatory
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