#chicano

Not much (rhyming reply to a greeting).

What's up? (rhyming Chicano greeting).

A fine/loyal girlfriend (Caló)

I swear it's true / for real (Caló)

Police; also a graffiti tag/nickname (Caló)

The Rio Grande Valley — deep South Texas along the Mexico border.

Working a lowrider's hydraulic switches to bounce the car.

Caló for a girlfriend or a woman — Chicano for 'shorty'.

Chicano respelling of barrio — claimed turf.

Step on it; go for it.

Caló for a lowrider or car.

Caló for 'heads up' — stay sharp, watch your back.

You get me? (rhyming 'understand?').

Girl, girlfriend (Caló)

White American, gringo (Caló, often teasing)

Caló for 'no problem / no sweat' — literally 'no fart.'

Caló 'yes' — a stylish, affirmative 'sí'.

Chicano Caló shortening of San Antonio.

House, home, pad

Old; an old man (Caló)

Caló for 'no way' — a flat Chicano refusal.

Home, house, pad (Caló)

Junk, odds and ends, random clutter.

To eat (Caló)

Caló for brother — blood-tight, family-close.

See you later (Caló Spanglish)

Emphatic Caló 'no' — the louder cousin of chale.

Pachuco / marijuana user (Caló)

Pachuco Caló for a fancy fit — the zoot suit itself.

Nickname for El Paso, Texas — the birthplace of pachuco culture.

Clique, crew, gang set (Caló)

Caló for cheap, fake, low-grade — basically trash.

Caló for the cops — the law on your block.

Beat it, get lost (Caló)

Chill out, get a grip (Caló)

Hydraulic suspension system on a lowrider.

Caló 'nope, no way' — rhyming play on 'nel' (no) and 'pastel' (cake).

Caló 'what's up?' — contraction of ¿qué hubo?

Caló 'later, dude' — the rhyming Chicano goodbye.

Wino, heavy drinker (Caló)