fambecos

fambecos
 n.— «The list has become La Cosa Nostra‘s own brand of made-in-Miami lingo: Breasts became tetraciclina, butts fambecos, the vagina mamey, and the penis yuca or flauta. Having sex is quimbar or jamar.» —“No longer Miami’s ‘dirty little secret’” by Fabiola Santiago Miami Herald (Florida) Oct. 17, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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