best thing to happen to people trying to understand Mexicans

Today, my favorite OC Weekly columnist, Gustavo Arrellano, published a Mexican Glossary. I encourage everyone to check it out. The language is definitely rated R (that means no clicking on the link, Kaylee and Amanda), but then again, so is the rest of the OC Weekly. Here are some tasty morsels:

• Chica caliente: Hot chick. All Mexican ladies are chicas calientes.
• Cinco de Mayo: Holiday celebrating an obscure battle between the French and Mexicans in the 1860s that everyone in the United States uses as an excuse to get plastered. Our St. Patrick's Day.
• Tequila: Liquor distilled from the agave plant of central Mexico. Also flows in the blood of any real Mexican.

Also, the Glossary contains the translations of all the major Spanish curse words and phrases--just in case you really wanted to know what those mean. Man, I love this guy. Can't wait for his book.