Mexican chrome n.— «You can get some Mexican Chrome instead of the black paint, it’s real close on the same shelf at the store, sort of next to the silver paint section!» —“Re: Raise your Sporty bars almost for free!” by...
hillbilly chrome n. duct tape; metallic (aerosol) paint. Also Alabama chrome, Arkansas chrome, Georgia chrome, ghetto chrome, Mexican chrome, redneck chrome, Tijuana chrome, Wisconsin chrome. Editorial Note: Usually jocular and mildly derogatory...
Mexican beans n.pl.— «Two San Francisco newspaper reporters, citing 1,000 pages of documents and interviews with more than 200 people, alleged that baseball’s potential all-time career home run king bulked up on various amounts of...
Nuevo Orleans n.— «Halliburton, the energy services company with ties to Vice President Dick Cheney, has bused thousands of Mexican migrants into Louisiana rather than hiring local workers. Bitter New Orleans residents have taken to...
auto chocolate n.— «They sell what are known here as “autos chocolates,” coined because these aging used cars are like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’ll get.…In 2001 the Mexican government offered an...
wila n. a surreptitious note (sent by or between prisoners); a kite. Editorial Note: Pronounced “WHEE-lah.” Etymological Note: This is an Anglicized or Spanglish spelling of the Mexican Spanish güila or huila, that, according to...