diego
(slang, ethnic slur) A Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
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And plain negligence, as Gloria has done here in San Diego. Board of Supervisors are all paper-pushing scum, everywhere!
Colombia in July (gotta get my hands on this specific rum) San Diego in September Nigeria in December Trips im manifesting for the year 🫶🏾
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)
El juez envía a prisión al sobrino del exdiputado Diego Cañamero por el narco cultivo en la finca 'Tierra y Libertad' de Cádiz
What's the deal with Diego Pavia? Can someone give me some color around why he is controversial? [https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/\_/id/48054269/polarizing-qb-diego-pavia-not-toning-things-combine](https://www.…
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(slang, ethnic slur) A Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
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!
“And plain negligence, as Gloria has done here in San Diego. Board of Supervisors are all paper-pushing scum, everywhere!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Colombia in July (gotta get my hands on this specific rum) San Diego in September Nigeria in December Trips im manifesting for the year 🫶🏾”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“El juez envía a prisión al sobrino del exdiputado Diego Cañamero por el narco cultivo en la finca 'Tierra y Libertad' de Cádiz”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What's the deal with Diego Pavia? Can someone give me some color around why he is controversial? [https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/\_/id/48054269/polarizing-qb-diego-pavia-not-toning-things-combine](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48054269/polarizing-qb-diego-pavia-not-toning-things-combine)”
— r/OutOfTheLoop· Apr 2026
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