pachuco
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/
Noun

pachuco (plural pachucos)

  1. (US) A Mexican-American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.
  2. An argot spoken by that group, sometimes known as caló.
    • 1974, Linda Fine Katz, The Evolution of the Pachuco Language and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, page 41:
      Like the zoot suit, the Pachuco caló was adopted by a large part of the Chicano youth who did not, in essence, identify themselves as Pachucos.



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