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Is it true that the word 'pato' (spanish for 'duck'), when directed at someone as an insult in some of the Spanglophone South/Central American countries means something roughly equivalent to 'faggot'?
I just remember someone semi-famous being mocked on Youtube by (IIRC) Hispanic people for using 'Pato' as a nickname... -- Kurt Shaped Box ( talk) 20:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Well, Dick has different connotations depending on use as well. As for soccer players, I am not sure I have ever seen a picture with two of them where one is not grabbing the other's goalpost. μηδείς ( talk) 00:40, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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Is it true that the word 'pato' (spanish for 'duck'), when directed at someone as an insult in some of the Spanglophone South/Central American countries means something roughly equivalent to 'faggot'?
I just remember someone semi-famous being mocked on Youtube by (IIRC) Hispanic people for using 'Pato' as a nickname... -- Kurt Shaped Box ( talk) 20:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Well, Dick has different connotations depending on use as well. As for soccer players, I am not sure I have ever seen a picture with two of them where one is not grabbing the other's goalpost. μηδείς ( talk) 00:40, 18 September 2012 (UTC)