Mexical

Mexical
 adj.— «Ms Lopez, who spends the whole movie speaking some sort of strange Mexical high school patois, plays a temp come dog-walker come caterer’s assistant come unfulfilled fashion designer by the name of Charlie.» —“J-Lo can’t save this monstrosity” North-West Evening Mail (Furness, Cumbria, U.K.) May 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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