Mexico Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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alambrista n. The feelings of the line jumpers—the alambristas—are reflected in the words of Julian Terrones Segura, 36 and newly arrived from his native village in Guerrero. [Spanish Mexico United States] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2004)

alambrista n. For years, he’s answered requests by community groups to tell of his early adventures in the 1950s—how he labored, among other things, as a gardener and a trash collector; how he returned to California over and over; and how as an alambrista (wirejumper) he cooperated with the Border Patrol in what he saw as a “game.” [Spanish Mexico United States] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2004)

alambrista n. For the Mexican turned out to be merely an alambrista, a poor peon hoping to slip across the line and find work. [Spanish Mexico United States] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2004)

alambrista n. Alambristas, disparagingly known as “wetbacks,” are being used here and elsewhere to harvest crops, particularly grapes. [Spanish Mexico United States] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2004)

Amexica n. Poverty and race also define the country I call ‘Amexica’ that runs along either side of the Mexican border, belonging to both countries and neither. [English Mexico United States Politics] [full cite] (Apr. 26, 2004)

Amexica n. More than that, they could for the first time aspire to American standards of freedom and well-being without losing the Mexican way of life. Call it “the Amexican dream.” [English Mexico United States Politics] [full cite] (May. 10, 2004)

Amexica n. Viva Amexica. Well, not just yet. The North American Free Trade Agreement has changed the way shippers in the United States view Mexico, but only a few are responding strategically with logistics plans targeted to the large but volatile Mexican market. [English Mexico United States Politics] [full cite] (May. 10, 2004)

Amexica n. Charles Truxillo of the University of New Mexico predicts that by 2080 the southwestern states of the United States and the northern states of Mexico will form La Republica del Norte (The Republic of the North), Various writers have referred to the southwestern United States plus northern Mexico as “MexAmerica” or “Amexica” or “Mexifornia,” “We are all Mexicans in this valley,” a former county commissioner of El Paso, Texas, declared in 2001. [English Mexico United States Politics] [full cite] (May. 10, 2004)

Amexica n. Publicidad Amexica, Avenida Balderas 96, Mexico City, has been formed to act as exclusive associate of Export Advertising Agency, Inc. [English Mexico United States] [full cite] (Aug. 14, 2005)

Amexica n. The united states of “Amexica” share more than a border and a common heritage: both sides welcome the benefits of trade but struggle with the pressures of growth. [English Mexico United States] [full cite] (Aug. 14, 2005)

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