complete knockdown n.— «Still, said J.D. Powers’ Dunne, Chinese carmakers might not encounter the same challenges penetrating the U.S. market from Tijuana that Honda and Toyota did in the 1980s when they had no local supplier base. These...
yonke n.— «Painted in 1977, the mural at one edge of Chicano Park depicts protesters beneath the message “Varrio Si, Yonkes No!” Neighborhood yes, junkyards no.… Yonke, or yonque, is a term for junkyard that is used widely along the...
tortilla wall n.— «Alonzo cited the construction of a fence between Tijuana and San Diego, known in Mexico as “the tortilla wall.” It was completed in the 1990s and forced migrants into the sparsely populated and dangerous...
Tijuana chrome
n.— «Tijuana Chrome…Silver paint.» —“Re: What’s Wisconsin chrome (was C-5 crash)” by Bill Marrs Usenet: rec.crafts.metalworking Apr. 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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...
donkey den n.— «A Tijuana “donkey den” refers to a brothel where men pay to see women have sex with animals. Such places are also known to participate in sexual slavery and trafficking of women.» —Boycott the Donkey...