Chopo
In Dominican slang, Chopo is a highly derogatory and insulting term used for people whose way of speaking, behaving, and tastes deviate from accepted urban social protocol. It is equivalent to the Mexican word naco or the Spanish cutre. The word can also become a verb (chopear) and be applied to things, but never to animals. For example, you would never hear a phrase like that goat is a Chopo.
There are two main classes of Chopo: the National and the Dominican-York (a term for Dominicans who have lived in New York). The National Chopo is characterized by never having traveled in their life; they generally do not even have a passport and always go to the US consulate in their best clothes believing they will impress the consul. It should be noted that being a Chopo does not necessarily correspond to having money. There are broke people who are very cultured and very restrained. The authentic National Chopo believes that New York is the greatest thing there is. For 99.99 percent, it is their goal in life, and if by some miracle they end up somewhere else, like Norway or Japan, it is by mistake. When they get a little government job after struggling a lot, they put on gray Dacron pants and a gray jacket too, but made of a different fabric, and it does not match! The Dominican-York: generally has m...
Automatically translated from Spanish
República Dominicana