No mames! Brownsville and Selena forever
Hair: Straight
Substances ingested today: Two cups of coffee, four glasses of water, a Bud Light, two cookies, two powdered doughnut holes and a fillet of salmon (spiced with dill weed, worchestershire sauce and butter, upon the recommendation of my good friend, Big C/Bart/the gentleman...whatever alias he chooses for the blogosphere).
Glasses: On
Movies watched today: Two -- "Bad Education" starring my future husband Gael Garcia Bernal and "The Aviator" starring my estranged ex-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio.
Randiness level: I'm not telling.
What I will tell you: Reasons to raise your kids in Brownsville, Texas
1. Since the population is roughly 91% Hispanic, there is a heavy Spanish influence on the language. "Tex-Mex" or "Spanglish" is prevalent there and during one's lingual formative years, it is not uncommon to pick up some words such as:
2. "No mames!" An expression commonly used in disbelief or scoff, meaning (literally) "don't suck." Used in the same way as "shut the eff up" or "no way." Example: "Lily told me she was going to the party and I was like, no mames, you're going to stay home and call Petey." Then her friend Oli says, "No mames, you told her that? Dude, you got balls. You're lucky she doesn't give you a...
3. "Vaño!" Comes from the word, "baño," meaning "bath," however the outcome of this sort of "vaño" is not one of cleanliness. Most commonly heard in parking lots, school hallways and anywhere else a group of Brownsvillian boys would be seen. Once the battle-cry "vaño!" is shouted, a hapless member of the pack gets socked by all the other members of the pack. It's a sort of rite of passage and usually doesn't lead to a serious fight.
4. "Caga-palo" which literally means "shit stick." It is used to describe a rather rambunctious or mischevious person.
5. "Pendejo," always the classic insult. Its origins are rooted deep within the Spanish language, but it's a word one hears with frequency in Brownsville. Used in the same way as "eff-ing idiot" or "eff-ing moron."
6. "Piojos" are what boys and girls get from going to elementary school (and when they don't eat their vegetables). It's just a fact of life. My brother got piojos twice and my mom had to wash his hair out with a special shampoo. It wasn't pretty.
Substances ingested today: Two cups of coffee, four glasses of water, a Bud Light, two cookies, two powdered doughnut holes and a fillet of salmon (spiced with dill weed, worchestershire sauce and butter, upon the recommendation of my good friend, Big C/Bart/the gentleman...whatever alias he chooses for the blogosphere).
Glasses: On
Movies watched today: Two -- "Bad Education" starring my future husband Gael Garcia Bernal and "The Aviator" starring my estranged ex-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio.
Randiness level: I'm not telling.
What I will tell you: Reasons to raise your kids in Brownsville, Texas
1. Since the population is roughly 91% Hispanic, there is a heavy Spanish influence on the language. "Tex-Mex" or "Spanglish" is prevalent there and during one's lingual formative years, it is not uncommon to pick up some words such as:
2. "No mames!" An expression commonly used in disbelief or scoff, meaning (literally) "don't suck." Used in the same way as "shut the eff up" or "no way." Example: "Lily told me she was going to the party and I was like, no mames, you're going to stay home and call Petey." Then her friend Oli says, "No mames, you told her that? Dude, you got balls. You're lucky she doesn't give you a...
3. "Vaño!" Comes from the word, "baño," meaning "bath," however the outcome of this sort of "vaño" is not one of cleanliness. Most commonly heard in parking lots, school hallways and anywhere else a group of Brownsvillian boys would be seen. Once the battle-cry "vaño!" is shouted, a hapless member of the pack gets socked by all the other members of the pack. It's a sort of rite of passage and usually doesn't lead to a serious fight.
4. "Caga-palo" which literally means "shit stick." It is used to describe a rather rambunctious or mischevious person.
5. "Pendejo," always the classic insult. Its origins are rooted deep within the Spanish language, but it's a word one hears with frequency in Brownsville. Used in the same way as "eff-ing idiot" or "eff-ing moron."
6. "Piojos" are what boys and girls get from going to elementary school (and when they don't eat their vegetables). It's just a fact of life. My brother got piojos twice and my mom had to wash his hair out with a special shampoo. It wasn't pretty.
posted by deconstructionist at 10:52 PM
2 Comments:
i can't believe i just read all of that. i'm going back to my blog now ...
You forgot Pan!
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