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Everything about Gringo totally explainedGringo (feminine, gringa) is a term in the Spanish and Portuguese languages used in some countries of Latin America to refer to foreigners from different cultures, particularly English-speakers, and especially from the United States, although it can also refer to people from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries, including in some cases other countries of Latin America itself.
Some disagreement exists among English speakers regarding whether gringo is a derogatory term. The American Heritage Dictionary and other English dictionaries classify the term as "offensive slang", "usually disparaging" or "often disparaging". The term gringo does lend itself to derogatory, paternalistic or endearing connotations sometimes, depending on the context and the intent of the user. The enunciation of the word can often give away whether it was meant in a derogatory manner or not.
Meaning
- The Anglosphere: Latino migrants to the USA occasionally use the term as a more derogatory synonym of Anglo.
- Mexico, Central America, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, South America: In these areas the word may mean specifically a citizen of the United States.
- In Central America, the word isn't pejorative, merely used to refer to a person from North America. In the Caribbean (especially in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua) the term refers to U.S. citizens Still, scholars are not in agreement about the correct origin of this word.
Gringolandia
The word Gringolandia (Gringo-land) is often used as a mock replacement for United States of America. A possible motive for resorting to the word is that the United States lacks a one-word name other than the ambiguous "America." For people living in the American Continent but outside the US, it's confusing and impractical to call the US America (besides the political significance of such an action). And so Gringolandia serves that purpose, albeit in an humorous fashion.
Quotations
"Goodbye, if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico – ah, that's euthanasia!" – Ambrose Bierce (last words of his final written communication, a letter to his niece, Lora, in December 1913.)Further Information
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