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noun
A Mexican-American, especially one regarded by Mexicans as being assimilated into mainstream American culture, often implying limited to no fluency in Spanish and disconnection from Mexican culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, informal, often, uncountable
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noun
Spanglish
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish pocho (literally “discolored, faded”).
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