movida
n.— «“Santa Fe, when I was younger, was known by its movidas, for lack of a better word,” Councilor Carmichael Dominguez said, using a local term that can refer to sly schemes. “How would we deal with people who said they got permission from somebody on the council a long time ago and they don’t have any proof?”» —“Mayor: City must act on short-term rentals” by Phaedra Haywood Santa Fe New Mexican Sept. 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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