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vato loco; bato loco
noun
a wild guy US- The label implies a permanency of behavior and a prediction: once a Mexican-American becomes a vato loco, he will continue to perform those acts and engage in those activities which “fit” the label. — George R. Alvarez, Semiotic Dynamics of an Ethnic-American Sub-Cultural Group, p. 4, 1965
- “This parolee of mine, this bato loco, this glue-sniffer—” — Frank Bonham, Viva Chicano, p. 19, 1970
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 29, 1971
- And the only difference, really, is that the ex-cons are old enough to have done time for the same things the batos locos haven’t been arrested for, yet. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, p. 230, 1971
- In the cities, only the lowriders, the vatos locos, are in tune with this. — Oscar Zeta Acosta, The Revolt of the Cockroach People, p. 67, 1973
- — Dagoberto Fuentes and Jose Lopez, Barrio Language Dictionary, p. 15, 1974
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