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In Chicano communities, in-group chatter, and published literature one frequently comes across the expression bato loco, meaning a “crazy guy,” a “cool dude,” or a “wise guy.”
Bato was a word incorporated into the pachuco jargon of the 1940s, and it is still very much a part of Chicano vocabulary today.
For the contemporary Chicano male, el bato loco is not only a symbol of ethnic identity but also an icon of the urban coming-of-age experience itself.
In standard Spanish, bato means “simpleton” or “foolish fellow,” and it has been in use in rural areas of New Mexico since the seventeenth century.
“La Vida de un Bato Loco,” written by an informant of Linda Katz and reproduced in her work, provides a good example of the literary uses of caló.