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roquero n. Cliques are split by taste in music or country of origin, including roqueros (Spanish rock fans) and charros (who listen to traditional country Mexican tunes). (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]

whitewash n. It doesn’t help that her extended family—and other longtime Coloradans—call her “whitewash” for being such a success. (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]

güera n. I’m in the middle; I get judged twice. If I do speak Spanish, everyone is, “Whoa,” and if I don’t speak Spanish, the Mexicans are saying, “She’s just another guera (light person).” (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]

dotcom n. For many ordinary Zambians, the dream of owning a car has suddenly seemed attainable and they have been spending hours on the Internet, filing out applications for a free or cheap used car from Transport Aid Japan. So popular have become the used cars here that they are commonly referred to as “dotcoms” because they are purchased over the Internet. (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]

Colorao n. A bonus for those interested in linguistics is a glossary comparing the region’s Spanish to “standard” Spanish. Garcia compares the usage of such words as murre/muy (very), probe/pobre (poor) as well as the many words in the regional dialect that cut out a consonant as in Colorao for Colorado. (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]

probe n. A bonus for those interested in linguistics is a glossary comparing the region’s Spanish to “standard” Spanish. Garcia compares the usage of such words as murre/muy (very), probe/pobre (poor) as well as the many words in the regional dialect that cut out a consonant as in Colorao for Colorado. (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]

murre n. A bonus for those interested in linguistics is a glossary comparing the region’s Spanish to “standard” Spanish. Garcia compares the usage of such words as murre/muy (very), probe/pobre (poor) as well as the many words in the regional dialect that cut out a consonant as in Colorao for Colorado. (Jul. 25, 2004) [full citation…]

bundler n. Those fundraisers who raised at least $100,000 for the campaign were given the title “vice chairs."…The Kerry campaign has periodically released the names and home towns of these vice chairs, also known as “bundlers.” (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]

veepicide n. The subject of the piece was whether President Bush would dump Vice President Cheney from the ticket.Hellip;In order to qualify as news, veepicide stories should be anchored to something real. (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]

returning the butter n. For a man to marry, he had to have land to grow bananas. Even the gifts he took to the bride’s parents had to include matooke. After the marriage, when the bride did what came to be called ‘returning the butter’, she took to her parents’ home a number of gift items, including matooke. (Jul. 24, 2004) [full citation…]

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