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Some examples of pochismos are yonque for “junk,” tichar for “to teach,” and carro for “car.”
Various dictionaries of Chicano Spanish and Chicano slang have been compiled that list many other pochismos.
Beloved by working-class audiences, the peladito, using caló (Spanish slang) and pochismos (Americanisms), particularly poked fun at the acculturation of Mexicans who couldn’t speak Spanish and pointed out to them American discrimination against Mexicans.
Examples of some pochismos are words such as parkear, meaning to park (the car), and wachar, meaning to watch (hay te wacho, “I’ll see you”), also spelled guachate, meaning “watch out.”
Chicano novelists and poets have consciously incorporated the use of pochismos in literary works to reinforce the precarious cultural and linguistic status of Chicanos in American society.