güey
n.— «Que mi vieja me hizo güey. That my vieja made me a güey (lit. “ox” / fig. “impotent fool”).» —“A medias copas” by R. García (Austin, Tex.) , 1940. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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