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  • My all-time favorite pochismo is one I heard from a mother, scolding her kids for fooling with the television: "Deja de monkear con la tele!"

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  • Bloque is another pochismo, not used for 'blocks' in the sense of city blocks, at least not in the interior.

    cuadras vs manzanas 2002

  • The noun 'pocho' is generally used to signify someone who is Mexican-born but raised in the United States; hence 'pochismo'.

    cuadras vs manzanas 2002

  • The noun 'pocho' is generally used to signify someone who is Mexican-born but raised in the United States; hence 'pochismo'.

    cuadras vs manzanas 2002

  • Bloque is another pochismo, not used for 'blocks' in the sense of city blocks, at least not in the interior.

    cuadras vs manzanas 2002

  • Bloque is another pochismo, not used for 'blocks' in the sense of city blocks, at least not in the interior.

    cuadras vs manzanas 2002

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