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1. “chilango”: someone from Mexico City
2. “guëy” or “wey”: a fundamental of Mexican slang, it’s “what everybody calls everybody without saying their names,” my friend explains. “Even the girls. It’s a soft but bad word.”
3. “¿Que paso barrio?” or “¿Que tranza wey?”: Wassup homie
4. “chido”: cool or ok
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Kate Kilpatrick is PW's arts and entertainment editor. She's currently living in Mexico City, aka D.F.—learning Mexican barrio slang and blogging about art, music, fashion and street culture in "the last surrealist city in the world."