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    Articles by Gustavo Arellano
    The Mexican’s Glossary
    The Mexican’s Glossary
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    A guide to the Mexican’s often salty vernacular.

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    The Mexican’s Glossary
    The Mexican’s Glossary
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    A guide to decoding otherwise indecipherable Spanglish.

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    Cooking With Corruption
    Cooking With Corruption
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    The Mexican sets readers straight as to his motherland’s ranking among the hemisphere’s most deviant countries.

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    The Circle of Life
    The Circle of Life
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    A lighter shade of brown in the barrio.

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    Ask a Mexican
    Ask a Mexican
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Don’t doubt the powers of pirateria.

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    Ask a Mexican, the Glossary
    Ask a Mexican, the Glossary
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Having trouble with the Mexican’s barbs? Fret no more.

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    Ask a Mexican
    Ask a Mexican
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Why do Mexican’s have such incongruous nicknames?

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    Special Tres-Question Edition
    Special Tres-Question Edition
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, My fiancé is trying to learn Spanish so he can speak to my grandmother when we get married…

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    Mexcelente Avocado Balls
    Mexcelente Avocado Balls
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Not long ago, I attended a Los Tigres del Norte concert at a small hall with no dance…

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    The Mexican Glossary
    The Mexican Glossary
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    A guide to the Mexican’s seaworthy slang.

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    Jumping Beans
    Jumping Beans
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I once got into a fight with a cholo. We beat the crap out of each other, but…

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    Mexicans Aren't Italian
    Mexicans Aren’t Italian
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Why do non-Mexicans consider it a compliment when they tell Mexicans they don’t look Mexican? I am 100…

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    Best-Of Edition
    Best-Of Edition
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    A couple of 2006’s ripest interrogatory plums.

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    Tweety Is Muy Macho
    Tweety Is Muy Macho
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    Tweety Bird ain’t no pussy.

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    Special Year-End Edition
    Special Year-End Edition
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    See what happens when someone calls the Mexican a pussy.

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    Ask a Mexican
    Ask a Mexican
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

    An incredibly crass column from a columnist who’s pretty crass to begin with.

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    Trabaja Hard
    Trabaja Hard
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 8, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican My gabacha friends and I marched in the May pro-amnesty rallies and wanted to show our support on…

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    Ay, Güey!
    Ay, Güey!
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 7, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, For decades, I’ve heard Mexicanos refer to one another as güey. For example, the other day I overheard…

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    Pendejo Baboso
    Pendejo Baboso
    By Gustavo Arellano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Meet the Weekly’s new cultural awareness columnist.

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