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CHOPPIEST game
« on: December 15, 2019, 05:47:53 PM »
PEPITO
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The pepito is a sandwich prepared as a beef, pork, or chicken sandwich[1] , originating from Spain and also very popular in Latin America. It is a common street food in Venezuela and Mexico[2] and is also available at some U.S. restaurants.
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Re: CHOPPIEST game
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2019, 07:15:37 AM »
Yes I know pepito. Not sure if you're asking for it to be included as a word or upgraded from rare to common. But it's definitely a word I've heard of here in Australia.
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2019, 11:59:40 AM »
I tried pepito and was told it wasn't even a word! Happy to go with it being rare but it really needs to be an allowed word...
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2019, 02:58:38 PM »
Seems a perfectly good word to me.

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Re: CHOPPIEST game
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2019, 08:57:34 AM »
I'm familiar with pepita, but not pepito.

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« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2019, 02:51:22 PM »
Not one I've ever seen (or at least noticed).  I'll look for it the next time I go to a Spanish restaurant.

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Re: CHOPPIEST game
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2020, 01:49:53 PM »
I'm surprised that a number of forumites are familiar with the word pepito, because I can't see it in any dictionary, except Wiktionary, which lists it as an obsolete word for a gold nugget.

And my searches didn't show much use of the word in English language publications. Searching isn't so easy, since Pepito is a proper name. The Wikipedia article that ridethetalk quoted does have references, but at least one of the books referenced prints the word in italics, suggesting that the authors or editors didn't regard it as a fully naturalised English word.

I'm not convinced pepito is well enough established as an English word to warrant inclusion in Chihuahua.
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