I'm wondering if someone could give me some insight about the term, guevedoche. That is, I know what it means but I'm wondering about the origin of the word. For example, I am a native speaker and I know that "huevo" means "egg" or "ball" (huevos, when referring to men). Guevo is slang for huevo, right? But where does the "gueve" come in? And doce is twelve in Spanish; so where does doche with "ch" come in? I know the Domican Republic has French influence, but "doche" is not French for 12. Okay, this inquiry might be a bit convoluted, but you get the picture. Any help would be much appreciated as I am writing a university paper and I'm come up with zero in my research so far. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Guevedoche
I looked it up.
It means "balls at twelve" and is used to refer to a hermaphrodite, or someone's whose testicles were not apparent at birth and descended later. Apparently, its use is specific to the DR, but I'd never heard it before.
Check it out: http://www.newint.org/issue300/trans.html
It means "balls at twelve" and is used to refer to a hermaphrodite, or someone's whose testicles were not apparent at birth and descended later. Apparently, its use is specific to the DR, but I'd never heard it before.
Check it out: http://www.newint.org/issue300/trans.html
A bi sexual would be in heaven with one of these creatures.Chirimoya said:
It must be really hard for these people to carry on a normal sex life and starting a family unless you are in the states where they would probably instead of finding something like that strange they would think that you are gifted.
Thank you all for taking the time to answer.calamardoazul said:NEVER HEARD OF! AND I AM DOMINICAN!
I truly appreciate the extra information (website) that you took the time to give me. I had come across it before. I am just puzzled by the etymology of the word, since, as a Spanish speaker, it does not make sense. Thanks again.Jane J. said:
Huevos turns into G?evos (not Guevos) in the slang of many Spanish language nations. I thus must imagine that its phonetic spelling should be G?evedoche (goo-e-va-dah-je) and not Guevedoche (gue-va-dah-je).
Curiously in the DR's vulgar slang g?evo refers to the phallus (singular for the emblem of the male genitalia) and not to the testes (plural since they typically are a pair). To refer to the latter, adding an "s" at the end is necessary. This singular form of Huevos for the penis is not heard anywhere else in the Spanish-speaking world, that I am aware of.
The "ch" substitution - not typical in Spanish- can be seen in some Dominican nicknames, e.g. Jochy for Jos?, Perucho for Pedro, etc...
maybe en el campo this word's doce went the same way to doche.?????
- Tordok
I'm surprised I actually am posting re. this, but it is an odd topic any way you look at it (linguistics, sociology, biology,etc..). and I DID learn something new.
Curiously in the DR's vulgar slang g?evo refers to the phallus (singular for the emblem of the male genitalia) and not to the testes (plural since they typically are a pair). To refer to the latter, adding an "s" at the end is necessary. This singular form of Huevos for the penis is not heard anywhere else in the Spanish-speaking world, that I am aware of.
The "ch" substitution - not typical in Spanish- can be seen in some Dominican nicknames, e.g. Jochy for Jos?, Perucho for Pedro, etc...
maybe en el campo this word's doce went the same way to doche.?????
- Tordok
I'm surprised I actually am posting re. this, but it is an odd topic any way you look at it (linguistics, sociology, biology,etc..). and I DID learn something new.
DR Hermaphroditism
We studied one of these groups/families in a course I took at university. The individuals concerned are born with a female appearance, but begin to develop as males at puberty. It is interesting that this doesn't appear to be traumatic for them. Apparently most transition quite easily from identifying as female to thinking of themselves as female.
We studied one of these groups/families in a course I took at university. The individuals concerned are born with a female appearance, but begin to develop as males at puberty. It is interesting that this doesn't appear to be traumatic for them. Apparently most transition quite easily from identifying as female to thinking of themselves as female.