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/Sounds like "tah" (as in "tar") + "SAH" (as in "salsa") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
In Cuba, an extremely skinny person, bony and lean like a strip of dried salted meat. Used playfully or affectionately to tease someone who really needs a good meal.
“He's skinny as a rail, someone needs to feed him.”
“That kid is a beanpole, the wind could knock him over.”
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/Sounds like "tah" (as in "tar") + "SAH" (as in "salsa") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
In Cuba, an extremely skinny person, bony and lean like a strip of dried salted meat. Used playfully or affectionately to tease someone who really needs a good meal.
“He's skinny as a rail, someone needs to feed him.”
“That kid is a beanpole, the wind could knock him over.”
Zacate
Chicano Spanglish for the lawn or yard grass that needs mowing, taken from the Mexican Spanish word and applied to American suburban lawns. Mowing the zacate on weekends is a classic barrio ritual.