Pachangas

[Jonathan Lighter]

In the mid '80s several students reported to me forms like "pechongies" and
"pejongies" as synonyms for breasts.

It didn't make any more sense 25 years ago than it does now.

JL

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:41 PM, crawford <neil at typog.co.uk> wrote:
> > just how do 'pachangas' equate to breasts?
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> Whoa! You got me. Till I read your post, I thought of _pachanga_ as
> only the name of one of my favorite Afro-Cuban dance rhythms. (Cf.,
> e.g. the appropriately-titled "La Pachanga," by Rene Touzet, available
> from iTunes.)
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