A common nickname for women named Josefa or Josefina. It is often used in the diminutive form chepita or as machepa (combined with ma, a short form of mother). (In the Dominican Republic, the phrase hijo de machepa is a common idiom referring to the poor or the common man, popularized by the politician and writer Juan Bosch).
1. Josefina does not like being called Chepa. 2. Juan Bosch said that the poor are sons of Machepa. 3. Chepa and chepita got together (mother and daughter).
A remote, rural area in the eastern Dominican Republic, often described as being so underdeveloped that it only has one paved road. (Hato Mayor is an actual province, but in this context it is used to describe a place as the boonies or the middle of nowhere).
In Hato Mayor there are like only 3 people living.
The acronym for the university with the most chopos (tacky or low-class people) around, because they are broke and do not have the cash for private colleges like UNIBE, INTEC, PUCMM, UTESA, or UNPHU. It is a massive struggle, it is scorching hot, and you have to learn how to run in case a riot breaks out. (UASD is the main public university in the Dominican Republic).
Flashy or cool accessories added to something basic or used by people with little money to look stylish (in the Dominican Republic, this refers to the extra touches that make something look fancy despite being low-budget).
Public housing projects in Puerto Rico, typically home to low-income residents and associated with street thugs, prostitution, and drug spots. Caserios are known for crime, shootouts, and other illegal activities (these government-subsidized developments are the local equivalent of the projects).
As Hector says in his song Caserio: You hear shootouts in my Caserio, a couple of junkies are shaking off the cold, my partner, the big boss of the heaters, is now the feds most wanted.
República Dominicana
Puerto Rico