10) Cha-cha/hoo-ha/etc. In other words "Something whose name we dare
not speak, so we replace it with nonsense syllables." Not promising in
terms of open information sharing. With the right attitude, I suppose
it can be pulled off, but for me these have all been tainted
irrevocably by the "Hoo-haa Monolgues" episode.
9) Mariposa.
A near miss. A beautiful sounding word, meaning butterfly in Spanish,
but also a colloquially appropriate term. Unfortunately, to many, it's
kind of like the Spanish equivalent of "pussy."
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