East Los

n. East Los Angeles. Also Eastlos and Easlos. Subjects: California, Los Angeles, English, Spanglish, Spanish, Slang, Abbreviation, Nickname

Editorial Note: Especially common among Hispanic Angelenos.

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Citations: 1973 Revista de la Universidad de México (Feb. 6) vol. XXVII, no. 6, @ Chicanos: Antología histórica y literaria (1980) Salvador Rodríguez del Pino “En Idioma De Aztlán: Una Lengua Que Surge” p. 129: 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. 1993 [Zita Maria Evensen] Usenet: rec.arts.poems (Oct. 18) “this is the city [reply to jmj] /z.”: Gunfires of east los/everberate in san fernando. 1994 [Lloyd Sanchez] Usenet: soc.culture.mexican.american (Jun 26) “Re: Excuse Me !!!”: I’m a 42 year old vato from east los with four children and a love of Jesus Christ. 1996 Raul Franco Usenet: la.transportation (July 2) “Re: Crenshaw shut down on Sunday nights?”: 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. 1996 [Raul Franco] Usenet: alt.california (Aug. 14) “Re: Decline of LA”: 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. 2002 [Frank S] Usenet: alt.marketing.online.ebay (Mar. 28) “Re: *Seeking associate to auction massive inventory on ebay”: My guess is you could unload it all to another entrepreneur, or franchise it to sellers at swapmeets in EasLos and the border area. 2004 NPR: All Things Considered (Mar. 15) “Profile: Problems at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, where virtually all of the students are Mexican-Americans”: 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. 2007 Jaime Cárdenas Los Angeles Times (July 12) “Arreola remembers humble beginnings while boxing stock rises”: Arreola grew up in “Big, bad EasLos,” as he called it, one of six children. He lived in Huntington Park, going to boxing gyms with his father, Augustin, an amateur boxer.

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by Mujerista 12 Jul 07, 0829 GMT

This reminds me of Loaisaida (also Loisaida), the Spanish version of the Lower East Side of NYC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Loisaida

by Marc Naimark 19 Jul 07, 0825 GMT