Pachuco

Name that originated in the early 30's. El Paso TX nick name.
Hey holmes, you're going to Pachuco?
by Kuzko November 25, 2004
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Pachuco

A slime-ball hoodlum with greasy hair and a greasy sneer. He packs a switch-blade knife, which he uses to intimidate nerds, geeks, and old ladies. The grease in his hair is an attraction to Cholas. Without this attraction, there would be no little Pachucos or Cholas.

The Pachuco is a coward. He will never pick on anyone who has the slightest chance of whooping his ass. He likes to have an audience of Cholas or other Pachucos when he frightens people.
All intelligent ladies pack heat when they go out in public. This makes it easier to shoot Pachucos when they step in front of you and start their intimidation routine. For a fine anti-Pachuco piece, I recommend the Taurus Judge.
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Raymond is a Pachuco
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Pachuco

A slimey criminal identifiable by his greasy hair. A Pachuco hangs out on street corners and loiters outside liquor stores and pool halls. He accosts defenseless people and weak people and threatens them with a switchblade knife. He wears a purple shirt and a perpetual sneer.

An urban terrorist who only picks on single individuals who can't defend themselves.

This criminal is loved and protected by the Liberal, who says that the Pachuco is only defending the Bario and the Pachucada.
Hector is a Pachuco. He loiters outside the liquor store all evening, spitting on the sidewalk and picking his teeth with a switchblade. He pretends to ignore large people and mean looking people. But if a skinny nerd with glasses walks by, the Pachuco spits on the sidewalk and steps in front of the nerd. "Hey, mon," he says, "this is my turf. What are you doing on my turf?" The Pachuco sneers at the skinny nerd, puts his switchblade in front of the nerd's face, and acts very tough indeed. When the nerd wets his pants in terror, the Pachuco lets him go.

If a fuzz drives by, Hector puts his knife in his pocket and struts away. If a big redneck walks by, Hector slouches away. If the Crips or Bloods come by, Hector the Pachuco runs away in terror.
by Capn' Bullmoose September 19, 2007
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a chicano or Mexican guy back in the 1930 to 1950 that dressed in zoot suits. The pachuco was an important part of the young chicano culture in the 1950's.
In the 1940's the LA PD decided to round up hundreds of pachucos after the Sleepy Lagoon murder becuase of their ethnicity.
by Cristina November 09, 2004
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Old school term for Chicano zooters - the dress, attitude, language, culture, etc. Originated in Juarez, Chihuaha, Mexico and eventually made its way to El Paso, Texas ( Chuco town).
Back in the 1940s El Paso, Texas was full of pachucos.
by original pachuka June 17, 2009
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Someone dressed up in a zoot suit, aka zooter. Not necessarily a gangster, but always associated with cholos. The style originated in El Paso, TX back in the 1930s. Hence, El Paso is now known to many Chicanos as "El Chuco ."
by Huevudo July 15, 2005
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