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See also Agringado; Caló; Pochismos
Pochismos (Americanisms)
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.
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.
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