yuca
n.— «The list has become La Cosa Nostra‘s own brand of made-in-Miami lingo: Breasts becametetraciclina, buttsfambecos, the vaginamamey, and the penisyuca orflauta. Having sex isquimbar or jamar.» —“No longer Miami’s ‘dirty little secret’” by Fabiola Santiago Miami Herald (Florida) Oct. 17, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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