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

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Easlos n. My guess is you could unload it all to another entrepreneur, or franchise it to sellers at swapmeets in EasLos and the border area. [California Los Angeles English Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2007)

East Los n. Gunfires of east los/everberate in san fernando. [California Los Angeles English Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2007)

East Los n. I’m a 42 year old vato from east los with four children and a love of Jesus Christ. [California Los Angeles English Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2007)

East Los n. Same thing was done in the 1970’s, early ’80’s on Whittier Blvd. in East Los, and is currently being done in Hollywood on Hollywood Blvd. [California Los Angeles English Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2007)

Eastlos n. He de-emphasized his Eastlos linguistic roots for a national Latino audience—no singsong accent, no Spanglish, no gratuitous use of “you know?” [California English] [full cite] (Feb. 8, 2006)

Eastlos n. Go to EastLos and then drive to the West side and you’ll see a very big difference, not only in police conduct, but citations and so forth. [California Los Angeles English Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2007)

Eastlos n. Desde el porche de mi chante, en mi barrio de Eastlos, Aztlán, watcho a mis carnales cruziar por los cales rumbo a sus cantones despues del jale: vatos cabuliando con sus jainas, pachucos fuliando afuera de la marketa de don Charlie, agüelitas con chavalios de la mano y un bonche de raza que sale de los boses que vienen del daontaon. Toda esta es mi Raza, alegre, orgullosa y muy jaladora aunque la placa siempre los este´ tisiando. [California Los Angeles English Spanglish Spanish Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2007)

Eastlos n. RUBIN: I’m like, “Oh, a Latino kid from Eastlos going to New York.” SANCHEZ: Eastlos? RUBIN: Yeah, East Los Angeles, going to New York. [California Los Angeles English Spanglish Spanish Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2007)

Ebony Triangle n. The call for fairness came largely from what some have termed the “Ebony Triangle,” an area wedged between Interstates 10, 15 and 215 that is home to a relatively large concentration of blacks. [California English] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

floss v. floss v.—If you wanna get those hoes then you had better be flossin’ that Gucci and Prada. [English United States California Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 11, 2004)

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