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Spanish food words that also mean light insults (hexbear.net)
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  • Zapallo (pumpkin): Silly / dumb
  • Nabo (napus): Dumb / silly / gullible
  • Salame (salami): Dumb / clown
  • Queso (cheese): Socially inept
  • Perejil (parsley): Inocent / gullible / falsely acused of a crime
  • Papa frita (chip): Dumb / dipshit
  • Ñoqui (gnocco): Person with a useless job/position that allows for not doing any effort nor even showing up. Mostly used against public sector jobs cuz neolib brainworms, but any middle manager that does jackshit yet gets paid is basically a ñoqui
  • Panqueque (pancake): Flip-flop / turncoats / unthrustworthy
  • Torta (cake): [Homophobic] lesbian, but "reclaimed" by lesbians
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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

:yea: