sheetrockero n. a person who hangs drywall, also known as gypsum board or sheet rock. Also sheetroquero. Editorial Note: The book Learning Construction Spanglish includes the Spanglish verb shiroquear, meaning to “to hang drywall or...
ciclovia n.— «Chambers said the inspiration for briefly closing Baltimore’s downtown streets came from One Less Car board member Greg Cantori, who has participated in Bogota’s regular and well-attended Ciclovia. Ciclovia is a Spanish term...
farm in v. phr.— «“Finder and the Government are both anxious at getting investors to farm into the project,” said the ministry official. “Farming in,” as it is called, refers to when a company drills wells or performs...
sushero n.— «In Chicago, there are so many Mexican sushi chefs that a new word was created to describe them: “sushero.” In Los Angeles last fall at the seventh annual Japanese food festival in Little Tokyo, a Salvadoran chef won the sushi...
sushero n.— «A Mexican runs the sushi counter at Midori, the anchor of an Asian strip on the Northwest Side, molding seaweed, rice and fish with effortless speed. Mexican sushi chefs have become so commonplace that they now have their own...