pixapins
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of pixa (“pisses”) + pins (“pines”). Supposedly coined in the 1960s to refer to urban tourists to the Costa Brava who, caught in long traffic queues back to the city, resorted to urinating in the local pine forests.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pixapins m or f by sense (invariable)
- (derogatory) Barcelonian
- Synonym: quemaco
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pixapins”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
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