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单词 pachuco
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pachucoadj.n.

Brit. /pəˈtʃuːkəʊ/, U.S. /pəˈtʃukoʊ/
Forms: 1900s– pachuco, 1900s– pachuko, 1900s– pachuo (irregular). Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish pachuco.
Etymology: < American Spanish pachuco, adjective and noun; further etymology uncertain and disputed.Several suggestions have been made as to the origin of the American Spanish word, including derivation from several place names (e.g. Pachuca, the name of a city in the state of Hidalgo, central Mexico, and the name of El Paso, a city in Texas, U.S.) and alteration of Spanish payuco yokel.
Chiefly U.S.
A. adj. (attributive).
Of, designating, or associated with a Mexican-American youth subculture, characterized by the use of a distinctive idiom, flashy clothes, and often gang membership.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific North American culture
Mimbres1914
Mogollon1934
Anasazi1936
pachuco1942
1942 Los Angeles Times 10 Aug. 1/3 City and county authorities last night continued their relentless drive against youthful ‘pachuco’ gangs.
1943 Phylon 4 397/2 Pachuco troubles; zoot-suit riots in Los Angeles.
1947 Common Ground Summer 79/1 The Pachuco dialect is a mélange composed of Caló, Hispanicized English, Anglicized Spanish, and words of pure invention.
1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 i. 11 Hostile Pachuco dialect, full of chingas and maricones.
1997 Y. M. Murray Locas 106 At least I could keep things secret—my ranfla, my badass pachuco pants and Pendletons.
B. n.
1. A member of this subculture. Also in extended use (frequently derogatory): a Mexican immigrant, a Mexican-American.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin
American1648
African1700
High Dutch1773
Low Dutch1773
German-American1775
African American1782
Anglo-American1785
Irish-American1786
Africo-American1788
American African1826
Pennsylvania German1827
Pennsylvania Dutch1831
Afro-American1833
far-downer1834
Mexicano1847
knickerbocker1848
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1873
Polish-American1876
Polacker1883
roundhead1895
hunk1896
Polack1898
Senegambian1900
bohunk1903
honky1904
hunyak1911
Turk1914
boho1920
Anglo1923
Euro-American1925
turkey1932
narrowback1933
nisei1934
roundheader1934
pachuco1943
pocho1944
Latino1946
Chicano1947
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1952
Amerasian1957
Chicana1966
Afrikan1972
Hispanic1972
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > young > specific
pachuco1943
1943 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 9 June 1/2 In Watts, an interurban electric street car bound for the Los Angeles harbor was stoned by a group of youths police described as ‘Pachucos’—Mexican wearers of the pancake hat and other fancy clothing.
1944 Time 10 July 26/2 Pachuco... Mexican for zootsuiter.
1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) v. 70Órale, panzón,’ he said, like a pachuco, which he put on for me. He spoke beautiful Spanish..but the barrios of El Paso Texas died hard.
1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking p. xxv Blacks from Los Angeles snubbed the Wetbacks (or pachukos, as we called them) from Tijuana.
2. In form Pachuco. The dialect typically spoken amongst members of the Pachuco subculture, combining elements from English and Spanish.
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the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > other types of dialect
rustic1841
idiolect1948
pachuco1948
target dialect1972
1948 B. Griffith Amer. Me Gloss. 311/1 Bote, jail, the ‘can’. American slang into Pachuco.
1950 G. C. Barker (title) Pachuco: an American-Spanish argot and its social function in Tucson, Arizona.
1976 Word 27 294 Pachuco, also known as tirilí, tirilongo, is used not only by felons, delinquents,..and others outside respectable society, but also by younger males throughout the Southwest as a street variety and for its slangy effect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1942
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