pochismon.
/pə(ʊ)ˈtʃɪzməʊ/, U.S. /pəˈtʃɪzmoʊ/, /pəˈtʃizmoʊ/ 1. An English word which has been given a Spanish form or pronunciation; a form of slang used by speakers of Mexican Spanish and others along the border with the United States, consisting of such words. Cf. Spanglish n. and adj.
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spiggoty1922
pochismo1944
Tex-Mex1955
1944 N.Y. Herald Tribune 5 Aug. 10/3 The Mexican Academy has appointed a committee to eradicate ‘pochismos’—that is English words and phrases used in speaking Spanish.
1944 Newsweek 14 Aug. 76/3 Café society which uses pochismo to smart up its chitchat.
1976 F. A. Latorre & D. L. Latorre Mexican Kickapoo Indians ii. 29 They [sc. Kickapoos] have incorporated many Spanish words into their speech and many pochismos..such as lonche (‘lunch’).
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 May c2 The degree of pochismo also reflects economic status and educational achievement.
1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 583/1 Pachuco or Pochismo, which originated as a Spanish-English contact language, is nowadays used as an argot by ‘Chicano’ young people in Arizona and southern California.
2. depreciative. Excessive admiration in a Hispanic (originally a Mexican) American for the culture of the United States.
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1937 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 17 82 This philosophy, whose advocates are North Mexicans, he [sc. José Vasconcelos] calls ‘pochismo’, which strives for the overthrow of Hispanic culture and civilization where it flourishes most—in Mexico City.]
2003 OC Weekly (Nexis) 8 Aug. (Arts section) 36 Sarmiento thinks pochismo is the next big thing, not just in art but also for the entire world... Pochismo meanwhile is spreading across the world with the rise of globalization and immigration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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