gabacho
n.— «Those left wing vatos, homes. Like that gabacho, David Koresh.» —“Nightly Moonshine” by Shaun Attwood (Jon) Jon’s Jail Journal Sept. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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