pochismo
/pə(ʊ)ˈtʃɪzməʊ/noun
1An English word which has been given a Spanish form or pronunciation; a form of slang used by speakers of Mexican Spanish and others along the border with the United States, consisting of such words. Cf Spanglish.
2 Depreciative. Excessive admiration in an Hispanic (originally a Mexican) American for the culture of the United States.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The New York Herald Tribune. From Mexican Spanish pochismo from pocho + -ismo.
- disaffiliate
- disaffiliation
- disaffirm
- disaffirmation
- disafforest
- disafforestation
- disafforestment
- disaggregate
- disaggregation
- disagree
- disagreeable
- disagreeableness
- disagreeably
- disagreement
- disallow
- disallowance
- disambiguate
- disambiguation
- disamenity
- disannul
- disappear
- disappearance
- disappearing act
- disapplication
- disapply