Ethnic Terms

Ardis R Eschenberg are2 at acsu.buffalo.edu
Wed Jul 24 22:11:17 UTC 2002


Maybe waxe is from vacher 'cowboy'?  Which would also give it a negative
connotation (vache 'nasty')?  WEll, it was probably coined before
cowboys..
BTW African American in Omaha is 'black whiteman.'
-Ardis



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