wetback
pronunciation
How to pronounce wetback in British English:
UK [ˈwetbæk]
How to pronounce wetback in American English:
US [ˈwɛtˌbæk]
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- Noun:
- offensive terms for a person of Mexican descent
Word Origin
- wetback (n.)
- "illegal Mexican immigrant to the U.S.," c. 1924, from wet (adj.) + back (n.); from notion of wading the Rio Grande.
Example
- 1. Where 'd you get the wetback ?
- 2. We want to buy a wetback boiler .
- 3. Whether they are violating the wetback thing .
- 4. He 's a wetback . He 's a friend of mine .
- 5. But it says something that he 's coming to us and not that wetback .