Tag Archives: slow

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Spanish:
English: Move your ass – you look like an earthenware jug.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: a common jank directed at children, from Bogotá, Columbia. Said to someone who is being slow. An indigenous term for an earthenware jug or flower pot.

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Spanish:
English: Hurry up! You look like a lentil.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: a common jank directed at children, from Bogotá, Columbia. Said to someone who is being slow (“lento” = slow in Spanish).

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Spanish: “huevón”
English: Literally “big egg” but slang for “really big testicles” that are so big they prevent you from moving.
collected: Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland Institute of Art (11-7-14)
origin: a common saying in El Salvador, used when someone is being lazy or slow.