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Posted on: May 7th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Entertainment ] [ Blogante Entertainment ] [ Blogante Essentials ] [ New York ] [ New York City ]
Tags: La Raza, Puerto Rican
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Heard the one about the word “chancla” making it into the English dictionary?
According to New York-Puerto Rican comic Bill Santiago, “The next edition of Funk and Wagnalls will include the word chancla — cheap sandal that doubles as a disciplinary device in Latino households.
See also: chancletazo, fuete and pow pow.””*
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