literally; they are idioms like the English "See you later alligator". ¿Qué Pasiones? (literally "What Passions") ¿Qué Pasa? meaning "What is going on?" ¿Si ya sábanas, paquetes hilo? or Si ya Sabanas, pa' que cobijas (literally, "If already sheets, packages thread?/covers what for") ¿Si ya sabes, pa(ra) qué te digo? meaning, "If you already know, why am I telling you?" Occasionally, English is spoken with Mexican features. Speaking to a sibling or family member about parents, for example, a Caló speaker will refer to them as "My Mother" (Mi Mamá) instead of "Mom" or "Our mother". Rhyming is sometimes used by itself and for emphasis. Common phrases include: ¿Me comprendes, Méndez? "Do you understand, Méndez?" ¿O te explico, Federico? "Or do I explain it to you, Federico?" Nel, pastel "No way" (lit. "Nay, Cake") Al rato, vato "Later, dude" (lit. "al rato" means "later"; "vato" means friend or guy) ¿Me esperas, a comer peras? "Will you wait for me?" (lit. "will you wait for me to eat pears?") ¿Qué te pasa, calabaza? "Whats going on?" (lit. "What is happening to you, squash/pumpkin?") Nada Nada, Limonada "Not much" (lit. "Nothing, nothing, lemonade". Spoken as a response to the above, "¿Qué te pasa, calabaza?"). In popular culture American Me Akwid Blood In Blood Out Cheech and Chong La Chilanga Banda, a song by Café Tacuba Culture Clash Don Tosti Edward James Olmos George Lopez (TV series) Harsh Times Homies Frost - Chicano rap artist whose song "La Raza" uses Caló Lalo Guerrero - Pachuco swing musician Lowrider Magazine Gilbert "Magú" Luján La Mission (2009 movie) Mi Vida Loca Robert Rodriguez Sublime Tin Tan - actor from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema who popularized Pachuco dress and talk Zoot Suit (film) Zoot Suit (play) El Mero Perro - Chicano Rap Artist and Music Producer who uses many Caló lyrics with Tejano/Chicano Pachuco themes in his songs See also Chicano English East Los Órale Pachuco Sources Aguilar Melantzón, Ricardo. Glosario del caló de Cd. Juárez. (translated by Federico Ferro Gay ; edited by María Telles-McGeagh, Patricia A. Sullivan. Las Cruces, N.M.: Joint Border Research Institute, New Mexico State University, c1989. Burciaga, José Antonio. Drink Cultura: Chicanismo. Santa Barbara: Joshua Odell Editions, Capra Press, 1993. Cummings, Laura. "The Pachuco Language Variety in Tucson." In Pachucas and Pachucos in Tucson: Situated Border Lives. University of Arizona Press, 2009. pp 95–131 Fuentes, Dagoberto. Barrio language dictionary: