Pocho means americanized Mexican, or Mexican who has lost their culture. (Which largely refers to losing the Spanish.)It is a derogatory term can be someone who's trying to "act white" but it has been largely embraced by Chicanos with a sense of defeatist humor - We're pochos, y que? - so that it's actually becoming more playful than bitter. Kind of like, among blacks, "Whas up Nigga".
The tension over pocho/non-pocho can trace back to Mexican history and La Malinche who was a traitor to the indigenous Aztecs and birthed the first mestizo - hence the Mexican insult Hijo de La Chingada. Mexican philosopher Octavio Paz wrote extensively on this theme.
The tension over pocho/non-pocho can trace back to Mexican history and La Malinche who was a traitor to the indigenous Aztecs and birthed the first mestizo - hence the Mexican insult Hijo de La Chingada. Mexican philosopher Octavio Paz wrote extensively on this theme.
A Mexican sees a Chicano stuttering out his Spanish and thinks to himself - pocho - what an embarrassment.
There is a website called pocho.com that's dedicated to aserbic Chicano humor.
There is a website called pocho.com that's dedicated to aserbic Chicano humor.
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From Will and Grace:
Jack: What you have there is a Pocket Gay. Just pop him in a man-purse or briefcase and you're good to go. In ten year's they'll be makin' them all that way.
Jack: What you have there is a Pocket Gay. Just pop him in a man-purse or briefcase and you're good to go. In ten year's they'll be makin' them all that way.
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You were a pocketholder in jail, weren't you?
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also could mean your fly is open
also could mean your fly is open
"hey, you dropped your pocket"
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Get the otter's pocket mug.A word which causes great confusion amongst the human race. How is it pronounced? There are certain superior individuals who hold the answer, but rarely do they present the knowledge to others outside their elite group.
Can also be shortened to create hilarious alternatives.
Can also be shortened to create hilarious alternatives.
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