The word-sniffer: “semanasantero”, “overbought”, “carromula”…

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2024-04-06 07:56:23

We clarify, as usual, that the inclusion of these voices does not necessarily imply acceptance or censorship.

⇒ A few days ago Holy Week ended and, therefore, so did the activities weeks. This adjective is being used for what is related to this holiday.

⇒ Same as surplus is overselling, overbought It is excessive purchasing. In stock markets, it can lead to an overly high valuation of an asset, without any real basis. It is formed with the prefix about-which we can also find in overcapacity o overload.

⇒ The zoonosis It is the ‘disease or infection that occurs in animals and is transmissible to people under natural conditions’. According to recent research, the reverse process, that is, when it occurs in people and is transmissible to animals, is more frequent. Receives the name of anthroponosiswith the element anthropo- (‘man, human’) instead of zoo- (‘animal’).

⇒ The reconversion process continues in Colombia of the carromulas (it is also used in the feminine), that is, vehicles to transport things and people pulled by a mule, although it can also be a horse or a donkey. The main purposes are to carry out a transition to other types of vehicles and improve the working conditions of the carromuleroswho are the ones who drive them.

⇒ In Chile there are large housing settlements without the corresponding permits, which are often described as informal cities. Since these lands are considered to have been taken or occupied, they are being called megatomas.

⇒ To combine preppy y Jeep surge pijipi. While the first, which is a derogatory colloquial Spanishism, refers to a person ‘who in their clothing, manners, language, etc., affectively manifests tastes typical of a wealthy social class’, the second is someone who identifies with the movement countercultural and youth that emerged in the 60s with a pacifist character.

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