i hope this will do it
You know your Dominican if.....
Some of your favorite expressions consist of:
"Co?o"
"Anda La Mierda"
"Anda El Diablo"
"Cool"
"El diache"
"Que Baina"
"Dimelo"
"Ta To"
"Y Es Facil"
"Que lo Que"
"A Po Ta Bien"
"Que Tripeo"
"Tu si jode"
"Ta Cool"
"Ta jevi"
"La creta"
"Tu ta pasa"
"No Le De Mente!"
"Cojelo suave"
"Que Bufeo"
"No Te Quille"
"Degrasia"
"Malba"
"Barbarasa"
"Pariguayo"
You got family living in da Heightz (better said Guashington Heights)...
If people tell you to stop screaming when ur really talking
If u clap your hands while laughing
Ur able to dance without any music
If u point out things with ur mouth and nose
If u learned to dance merengue and bachata before u could walk
If you have ever gotten hit with any of the following:
blue rubber slippers, black grandpa slippers, extension cord, hanger
(plastic or metal), big rice spoon.
If you waste all your money in the summer time buying "Frio-Frio" (RED
flavor) and "Coquito"
If your parents go to a little room in the back of your local bodega "pa
juga lo numero" of DR
If you consider platanos one of the major food groups
If u can smell the chuleta cookin in ur house from down the block
If while in ur contry, u hear people on ur block yellin "se fue la lus!"
If ur house in DR has an oil lamp in every room
If you grew up listening to Fernandito Villalona or Sergio Vargas
If ur dad or ur uncle claim to be dead broke, yet rock a cell phone and
is laced wit mad gold around his neck and wrists
If u were afraid of something called "el cuco" as a child
If you drop liqueur on the floor and say "eso e pa lo muerto!"
If you drink Brugal, Presidente, or Mama Juana like WATER
If u've eva gotten whipped by a diablo cojuelo or lechon
If you got 3 elephants in ur living room
If ur sofas are covered in plastic
If u have iced-tea, Tang, and Club Soda (red flavored) in your
refrigerator
If u eat Mangu or fritos with ketchup (you know you all do it!)
If u say words like.......Razor is GILE........Nailpolish is
CUT?.......Femenine Pads are KOTE......Vick's Vapor Rub is
Vivaporu.........T-Shits is POLOCHE........Watchman is
GUACHIMAN.....Garbage
is EL Gabish.......Cereal is CONFLE
If u believe Vivaporu is the cure for everything
If u have been made to wear underwear to the beach when little
If u take una olla de espaguetti wherever there's a gathering (like the
beach, park, party)
If in a 4-passanger car, u got 7 people in it and someone yeliin "caben
ma!"
If u use an old t-shirt, towel, or any type of clothing as a mop.
If u have ever let someone throw AGUA FLORIDA on you for good luck
If in your house on the island...there is broken glass to prevent
intruders
If you refer to every cat as MISHU
If your childhood games were called: EL ESCONDIDO, POLLITO PLEIBI, APARA
Y BATEA, EL GALLO, or that game with a stick and a wheel
If your parents dressed you up for Halloween as a VAQUERO, CAMPESINA,
GITANA, HAWALLANA
If your refrigerator has about 50 magnets on them
If all your pots and pans are inside the oven
If your local bodega does lay-a-way/credit plans (fiao)
If a frosted beer to you is VESTIDA DE NOVIA or UNA FRIA
If since you were little BALAGUER has been dying
If you have ever bathed with JABON DE CUABA
If your parents ever gave you ACEITE DE BACALAO when you were sick
If you have ever gone to QUISQUEYA PARK
If ether ya father or one of ya uncles has more kids than the fingers on
his left hand, all with different women