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Mexifornia

Mexifornia 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.

Proper noun

Mexifornia

  1. (US, derogatory, sometimes) Derogatory 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
    • 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

Origin of Mexifornia

Blend of Mexico + California.

Questions about Mexifornia

What does Mexifornia mean?
Mexifornia means derogatory name for California: a state of the United States, viewed as increasingly Mexican in population and culture, especially due to illegal immigration.
What part of speech is Mexifornia?
Mexifornia is a proper noun.

Words near Mexifornia in the dictionary

  1. MexiCokes
  2. Mexicoon
  3. Mexicoons
  4. Mexicunt
  5. Mexicunts
  6. Mexifornia
  7. Mexifornication
  8. mexiletine
  9. Mexiphobia
  10. Mexipino
  11. Mexipinos

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