Term used as a cudgel to silence and dismiss those who express political opinions different to the speaker's. Its use is especially popular in the Puerto Rican twittersphere to label vocal sympathizers of a political party that the speaker dislikes.
Ya vienen por ahi los fotutos a defenderlo indefendible.
1. Wind instrument which produces a prolonged and loud sound similar to that of a trumpet or shell.
2. Derogatory term for Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño, leader of one of the most destructive and terrorist administrations the island of Puerto Rico has ever had.
Ese fotuto no vale un chavo, que se vaya con su esposa y sus hijos pa' Estados Unidos.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”