pavaso
n.β Β«A pivaso is a ballot split between the pro-commonwealth partyβwhose emblem is Puerto Ricoβs traditional flouncy peasant hat, the pavaβand the tiny PIP party, which advocates complete independence for the island. Traditionally, votes cast for the pro-commonwealth ticket, the Popular Democratic Party, were known as pavasos. Hence, a vote split between the PIP and the party of the pavasos became a pivaso.Β» ββPuerto Rico Is Caught In Throes of Recount” by Manuel Roig-Franzia in San Juan, Puerto Rico Washington Post Dec. 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)