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pochismo
Definition of pochismo
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1 : a term of U.S. origin borrowed into Mexican Spanish and used along the border between the U.S. and Mexico especially by U.S.-born Mexicans not a single pochismo has added to the beauty of our Spanish language — F. G. Beraza
2 : a vocabulary consisting of pochismos
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Origin and Etymology of pochismo
Mexican Spanish, from poche, pocho U.S. resident of Mexican origin (probably from Spanish pocho discolored) + Spanish -ismo -ism
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