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Originally Posted by oojay
yeah, there are hundereds of spanish vinaculars. around here the mexi's use "juevos" as "balls" or "nuts".
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And Mexicans don't call themselves Mexicans in all parts of the US>
It was shortened to Xicano (or Xicana) and originally meant a person that was of Mexican descent living in America.
Slowly more and mroe Mexicans adopted the phrase and now you've got Mexican's calling themselves Xicanos. Although in English it's spelled Chicano and it pronounced the same.