Mexifornia

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proper noun

Derogatory name for California: a state of the United States, viewed as increasingly Mexican in population and culture, especially due to illegal immigration.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. USderogatorysometimesDerogatory name for California: a state of the United States, viewed as increasingly Mexican in population and culture, especially due to illegal immigration.

    He spent a few months with me in Mexifornia[…]

    1975, Alfred Bester, The computer connection, page 11
    2 more examples

    This was demonstrated by references to California as Mexifornia, complaints about hearing Spanish in stores and restaurants, and seeing, "so few white people in Wal-Mart" (CP6).

    2008, Jennifer Ingraham Bryant, Vigilance on the Border, page 95

    the millions of illegal alien barbarians in Mexifornia

    2005, Samuel Heath, The American Poet: Weedpatch Gazette for 2005, page 210

Origin

Blend of Mexico + California.

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APA

Mexifornia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexifornia

MLA

“Mexifornia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexifornia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mexifornia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexifornia.

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