A Chicano pejorative term for "Hispanics," or mainstreamed Mexicans, derived from Fidel's use for any reactionary, counter-revolutionary person.
Other meanings: Right-Wing, sell-out, conservative, neo-fascist, traitor.
Other meanings: Right-Wing, sell-out, conservative, neo-fascist, traitor.
Those Gusanos at the Centro Cultural held a fund raiser in conjunction with big-time War Profiteers.
by Roddio X September 28, 2005
Originally to refer to Cuban American sellouts who shit all over the Cuban Revolution and long for the days of US imperialism.
This phrase is now used to refer to Right-Wing sellouts from any country in Latin-America who sell-out to the United States.
This phrase is now used to refer to Right-Wing sellouts from any country in Latin-America who sell-out to the United States.
by Polo3400 November 11, 2020
Spanish for "worm". It is used as a pejorative term for people calling for US intervention in Latin America, class traitors, and counter-revolutionaries. Popularized from Fidel's use for any reactionary, counter-revolutionary person.
Other meanings: Right-Wing, sell-out, conservative, neo-fascist, traitor.
Other meanings: Right-Wing, sell-out, conservative, neo-fascist, traitor.
Those Gusanos at the Centro Cultural held a fund raiser in conjunction with big-time War Profiteers.
by memazapanes July 15, 2021
by Javierfmilanes December 23, 2020
Tecato Gusano' , it means "some kind of interior psychic worm that cannot be sated or killed.".. in other words one never kills their addiction, but merely finds a way to keep it asleep... - Tony Tedesco
The Chicano heroin addict or " tecato " belongs to a subculture that profoundly influences addict behavior and personality. Life-history interviews with a subsample of 18 Southern California ex- tecatos who were abstinent from 2.3 to 24.5 years revealed that tecatos employ the metaphor of an indestructable junkie worm or " tecato gusano " living in their vicera to explain heroin relapse, and abstinence in a manner essentially consistent with learning theories of opioid addiction. The study showed that ex- tecatos use a variety of coping mechanisms for maintaining abstinence and for avoiding "dangerous situations" which could trigger heroin craving and relapse. The research also revealed that being an ex- tecato does not necessarily imply living a crime free or nondeviant lifestyle, and that the process of working out of addiction involves two complementary social adjustment processes termed (a) extrication (from the tecato subculture) and (b) accommodation (to square society). Suggestions for utilizing these findings for treatment intervention purposes are offered. - J S Jorquez
The Chicano heroin addict or " tecato " belongs to a subculture that profoundly influences addict behavior and personality. Life-history interviews with a subsample of 18 Southern California ex- tecatos who were abstinent from 2.3 to 24.5 years revealed that tecatos employ the metaphor of an indestructable junkie worm or " tecato gusano " living in their vicera to explain heroin relapse, and abstinence in a manner essentially consistent with learning theories of opioid addiction. The study showed that ex- tecatos use a variety of coping mechanisms for maintaining abstinence and for avoiding "dangerous situations" which could trigger heroin craving and relapse. The research also revealed that being an ex- tecato does not necessarily imply living a crime free or nondeviant lifestyle, and that the process of working out of addiction involves two complementary social adjustment processes termed (a) extrication (from the tecato subculture) and (b) accommodation (to square society). Suggestions for utilizing these findings for treatment intervention purposes are offered. - J S Jorquez
by 777pseudonym777 June 24, 2021
by El Guano January 28, 2014