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Re: Meaning and origin
by Pavlos aka I_Love_J-Lo (guest)
11/15/2005, 11:51 PM
in reply to a message by Becky
In good faith, I am a bit perplexed as to why anyone would name anything with a word of unknown meaning. When Mitsubishi decided to give its SUV the exotic sounding name "Pajero" it faced a major embarassment - the word means wanker in S. American Spanish. So the model in question is now now sold as "Montero" in N and S America :) But I digress.In Greece, Mariori is a common(though somewhat dated) nickname for Maria.
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)   +2
11/16/2005, 7:24 AM
And for most Americans we will have to explain what "wanker" means as that is British slang --it means "masturbater."
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- Machuca (guest)
11/25/2005, 8:22 PM
In central America "pajero" means liar. Pajiarse is a "slang verb" meaning to masturbate
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- Pavlos (guest)
11/16/2005, 4:51 PM
aka "Malaka" in my neck of the woods :)
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