diego

plural diegos

1. ethnicslangslurA Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.

   Now I don't know what it is with the diegos, but as we were walking back to the hotel a couple of them started giving us a bit of verbals.

   2009, Mickey Smith, For The Claret & Blue

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   They're just like Ludds, them diegos — nothing but a load of scum. I've seen 'ow they live. O' course, we soldiers dwell in mud 'alf the time, but that's different. We're building an empire. But them diegos! Them Jimmies! Well, I tell you!

   1987, Glyn Hughes, The Rape of the Rose, page 177

   "... Around twenty years old and pretty tall for a diego, maybe five-seven or five-eight." / "A diego?" Armand said. "He's a diego?" / "From Napoli."

   1985, Robert Anton Wilson, The Widow's Son (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles), page 17

plural Diegos

1. A male given name from Spanish Diego.

   Diego Maradona is helping in the fight against coronavirus in his home city by autographing a replica of the Argentina jersey he wore in the country’s 1986 World Cup final triumph to raise money for an underprivileged community.

   2020 May 9, Paul Gittings, “Diego Maradona autographs shirt to help poor district of Buenos Aires”, in CNN

plural Diegos

1. Alternative letter-case form of diego (“Spanish speaker”).

   "[F]orget the confession; I heard about what you did to those Diegos. All I need to know is, can I trust you? Time was, I could with my life—" His eyes darkened.

   2010, Yxta Maya Murray, The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Kidnapped, Penguin, →ISBN

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   I suppose the grog they serve out so liberally to those "Diegos" to keep up their courage in a fight had something to do with it. By Jove! that was a narrow escape.

   1936, John Samson, chapter X, in In the Dictator's Grip: A Story of Adventure

   "You tell the law what happened out there at Rancho Del Robles Viejo. Those Mexicans have been getting away with things too long around this country. Think they still own it. It's time those Diegos were taken down a notch."

   2000, L. J. Martin, Condor Canyon, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN

   The savory aroma of ham and eggs in Jubilee's special sauce wafted toward him. His mouth watered. He reached for his knife and fork. Beyond the fort's walls, a cannon thundered. "Damn those Diegos!" Dickson muttered. "Impossible to eat a meal in peace."

   2006, Lila Guzmán, Rick Guzmán, Lorenzo and the Turncoat, Arte Publico Press, page 159