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Mexican't en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Mexican + can't, punning on can't as the opposite of can.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, humorous, informal) An incompetent or inadequate Mexican.
    • I came across a George Lopez special and the first thing out of his mouth was, "We are MexiCANS, not MexiCAN'TS." Leonard Michael Rubino, Success & Happiness One Day at a Time (page 86)
    • I'm still not really Mexican. I'm more a Mexican't than a Mexican. 2022, Tom Do, Karen Rowan, Racing Translingualism in Composition (page 59)

Forms

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Mexican'ts Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

African't · American't