AngelicaDeAlquezar
July 07, 2011, 02:45 PM
I found an article whose first sentence quotes Tomísimo's dictionary. The topic is not the website itself, but I found it funny that it was mentioned. ;)
If someone wants to give it a try:
Cochinero en Trompabulario* by Guillermo Sheridan. (http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/editoriales/53616.html)
Guillermo Sheridan is a respected academic who writes editorial comments in El Universal, one of the most read Mexican online newspapers.
The article deals with Mexican use of language, but he's rather expressing a little despise for politicians who seem to fancy lately the word "cochinero" to "denounce" all kinds of dirty tricks in elections and other political activities.
*"Trompabulario" is a popular game on words with "vocabulario".
Prefix "voca-" sounds the same as "boca" ("mouth"), and a slang word for "boca" is "trompa" ("trunk", like that of an elephant) mostly used when one speaks with flaws, too much slang or rude words.
If someone wants to give it a try:
Cochinero en Trompabulario* by Guillermo Sheridan. (http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/editoriales/53616.html)
Guillermo Sheridan is a respected academic who writes editorial comments in El Universal, one of the most read Mexican online newspapers.
The article deals with Mexican use of language, but he's rather expressing a little despise for politicians who seem to fancy lately the word "cochinero" to "denounce" all kinds of dirty tricks in elections and other political activities.
*"Trompabulario" is a popular game on words with "vocabulario".
Prefix "voca-" sounds the same as "boca" ("mouth"), and a slang word for "boca" is "trompa" ("trunk", like that of an elephant) mostly used when one speaks with flaws, too much slang or rude words.