chile- pfx
(US) a derog. pfx used to denote a Mexican or anything supposedly Mexican.
Lucky Seventh (2004) 186: He can sling that chile-con-carne conversation so thick and fast [etc.]. | ‘The Mexican Marvel’ in||
Thieves Like Us (1999) 42: Fifty pesos will get you anything you want in that Chili country. |
In compounds
see chile n.
(US) a Mexican.
Maledicta VII 24: Mexicans have also been dubbed [...] chili belly and an alliterative chili chomper. |
(US) a US border patrolman, employed to prevent Mexicans from entering the country illegally.
El Paso Herald (TX) 3 Oct. 17/5: A few examples of [...] ‘calo’ [...] ‘Runners,’ attempting to cross the Rio Grande [...] are often double-teamed (surrounded) by chilli chasers (border patrolmen). | ||
Maledicta III:2 166: chili chasers n American border patrolmen; ‘chili’ is a common nickname for Mexicans because of the food’s popularity in Mexico. | ||
Dict. of Invective (1991) 228: Chili or chili eater, a Mexican (members of the Border Patrol are sometimes known as chili chasers). |
1. (US) a Mexican.
Runnin’ Down Some Lines 55: Most of the pejoratives characterized Chicanos in terms of the foods associated with them [...] chili choker, chili bean, tostado, burrito. | ||
Homeboy 152: The niggers and chilichokers dragged that boy back to the showers [...] and ran a train on him all night long. |
2. (US black L.A.) used as a derog. to a fellow black; the premise being one is no better than a Mexican.
Runnin’ Down Some Lines 55: You ain’ nothin’ but a chili choker! |
(US black) a pimp who has only one woman working for him, an inexperienced pimp.
Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.]. |
(US) a Mexican.
Und. Speaks 21/2: Chili picker, a Mexican. | ||
Cowboy Lingo 198: To the cowboy a Mexican was a ‘greaser,’ [...] ‘chili,’ ‘chili-eater,’ or ‘bean-eater’. | ||
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 49: chili-eater [...] chili-picker A Mexican; a peon. | ||
in Current Sl. IV:3–4 (1970) 15: Chili chomper, n. A Mexican or Mexican-American (derogatory). | ||
Maledicta VII 24: Mexicans have also been dubbed [...] chili eater, chili belly, and an alliterative chili chomper. | ||
Dict. of Invective (1991) 13: The French have long been reviled as frogs, [...] the British as limeys, the Mexicans as chili eaters, the Italians as spaghetti benders. |
(US) a Mexican.
Who’ll Stop the Rain? [film script] Hey, chilihead! [HDAS]. |
a Mexican restaurant.
Hard-Boiled Detective (1977) 92: Do you know where there’s a chili joint around here? | ‘Take It and Like It’ in Ruhm
(US black) a pimp who has only one woman working for him; thus a second-rate pimp.
Burn, Killer, Burn! 278: Go ahead, chili pimp, you’ve got the floor. | ||
Black Players 33: Black pimps never solicit for their women if they are ‘true pimps’ and call a man who does a cigarette pimp, popcorn pimp or chile pimp. | ||
Street Players 125: She didn’t have a chili-bowl pimp; she had one of the big players. | ||
Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.]. | ||
(con. 1970s) King Suckerman (1998) 30: Chili mac – lookin’ face. Small, stupid eyes. | ||
‘Bad News’ 177: To further Alice’s career, he became her ‘chilly pimp,’ street lingo for a man who manages a single prostitute. |
(US black) an attractive Latina.
Goodbye to the Past 40: ‘I ain’t in the army no more. I take orders from nobody but Bill Meadows. I do what I like. If I want this chili queen here, I take her’. | ||
Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 chili queen Definition: a very sexually attractive latina lady. Example: one thing bout dem chilli queens,they all likes it up de ass. |