United States Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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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)

AMW n. He would rarely sleep with friends or colleagues. He preferred to hit on AMWs (actress-model-whatevers) who would do it for a few lines of blow and a bottle of Cristal, or do a casting-couch number. [English United States Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

AMW n. Today, hyphenates abound among himbos, many of whom are the male equivalent of AMWs (actress-model-whatevers). [English United States Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

AMW n. I don’t need the image of a AMW (Actress, Model, Whatever) flashing her thighs and pouting saucily to encourage me. [English United States Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

AMW n. Who was there:…assorted AMWs (actress, model, whatever). [English United States Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2004)

anchor baby n. Holtzman said there should be “no more underground economy” and “no more anchor babies,” a term for children of legal and illegal immigrants who are U.S. citizens by virtue of being born in this country. [English United States Politics] [full cite] (Jan. 10, 2006)

angel n. This is the work of Mortuary Affairs, the Marine unit that catalogues the remains of American servicemen who die in combat, referred to as angels, as well as the Iraqi guerrillas they fight and civilian victims. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2004)

angel n. Within an hour, the two Marines, along with an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldier who broke his arms and a leg when his truck crashed and rolled over on a local road, were flown by helicopter to the Army’s 31st Combat Surgical Hospital in Baghdad. On that medevac flight also went an “angel,” a Marine who was killed in action that day. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2004)

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