| 词汇 | buckaroo |
| 词源 | buckaroo. Buckaroo, for “a cowboy,” is a corruption of the Spanish vaquero, meaning the same. The first recorded quota- tion using the word, in a letter from Texas, shows the mispro- nunciation of vaquero by Americans: “These rancheros are surrounded by peons and bakharas or herdsmen.” The mispro- nunciation “bakhara” was further corrupted to “buckhara,” “buckayro,” and finally buckaroo. Buckaroo has probably lasted because it is a good descriptive word, suggesting a cowboy on a bucking horse. It inspired well over 50 other American slang words ending in “-aroo” or “-eroo.” Stinkaroo, a bad play or movie, still has wide currency, as does the old switcheroo, the act of substituting one thing for another. Others not so familiar anymore are antsaroo, ants in his pants; jugaroo, a jail; and zipa- roo, energy. |
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