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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.
Some examples of pochismos are yonque for “junk,” tichar for “to teach,” and carro for “car.”
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.
Pochismos (Americanisms)
Many English and Spanish words that have become altered by the opposite language, through cultural contact, are called pochismos.