What is a chopo?

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Fred

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I read many references to Jennifer Lopez being a chopo, what is a Chopo?
 

Hillbilly

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That is a very poor reference to a female who works in your house. It is insulting, denigrating, and tasteless.

It denotes lack of style, education, even cleanliness.

Not really JLO, now, is it? Of course, when she flaunts her sexuality about, that perhaps offends some of the less endowed ladies, and these might use the term in their cattiness...hisssss!!

HB
 

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I think I know!

The term "chopa" is derogatory for "maid" in the DR. I have not found the "word' in the computer dictioary I have. golo and others use it to mean; "low-life,stupid,un-educated,"Homie",social climbing,"High Society" "Wanabee"(Has "Racist" overtones) Criss Colon
 

Golo100

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What Chopo means

Chopo is the generic word for Chopa. The Chopa is the traditional Dominican maid. So as a result the word Chopo developed to identify a specific type of person, or even personality. Here are typical things that identify Chopos:

Things they like:
To live on top of one another(I have heard of 20 people living in a one bedroom apartment) They cannot stay away from their ghetto neighborhoods no matter how rich they become.

They have many children regardless of the economic condition
They hang-dry their clothes on balconies and windows
They play dominoes on the sidewalks
They gather in street corners to chat
They shop at colmados and colmadones instead of supermarkets
They ride motorcycles(Not Harleys) The rich chopos prefer a Ninja cyle over a car.
They eat frituras and food on the streets and use the sidewalks as their dining room.
They drink rum and beer from a bottle
They whistle and call piropos at women in public, and loud!!
They prefer sneakers over shoes
They prefer baseball caps over well groomed hair
Women always wear pony tails
Men wear "hot haircuts"(Like basketball players)
They wear lots of gold and heavy chains
They like to show their guns in public
They walk like monkeys
Their # 1 entertainment place is a car wash
They like Bachata, listen to Merengue in the morning
They like loud music, they blow car horns 24 hrs. a day
They like to visit other people unannounced, specially at dinig hours
They bring their entire family everywhere regardless of the protocol
Their children are loud, clumsy,with their noses wet and cry 24 hrs. a day and are always hungry
They celebrate birthdays in parks
They stuff their cars with double the amount of passenger seats
They ride in the cab of light trucks
They walk on the streets instead of the sidewalks
They **** on trees and in public
They feed their dogs and cats at the dining table
They decorate their houses with red themes. They love bullfight paintings and red curtains. They use tacky furniture and they place their TV and stereo sets in the living room.

If you go to New York, New Jersey or Florida, you will see Dominican Chopos living all together in the same neighborhood. They need each other as a support group and can hardly stray away from their neighborhood. They have no sense of independence. They all like and do the same things.

Do you get the picture? AZB described a girl that was so beautiful she could have married any professional or well to do person with future. But she preferred to ride around a passola with this creep from her neighborhood. She is a typical chopa. Her mind is set in that form of life.

TW
 

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chopo...?

Dude, you just described most of the Dominicans (and other nationalities for that matter) that I see on the North Coast. Do you generally hold a dislike for most of your fellow countrimen? Or do you consider chopo as a less derogatory term than HB does?

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AZB

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To prolong Golo's list, here is my addition:

To a foreigner a chopo could be easily identified on a sosua beach with the following markers:

1. many come unprepared to bathe in the beach so they resort to swiming in their white underwear (men) and women use regular bras with shorts to complete their bathing atire.
2. they always rent one beach chair for 15 people.
3. most role on sand and wrestle to attract attention of the remaining curious foreigners around.
4. the main reason is eating and drinking from rum bottles (straight) not swiming.
5. They will always eat fat speghetti out of cooking pots and fried chicken with bones left on the beach for stray dogs.
They bury themselves in holes and always make genital organs from the covered sand.
6. They always come in pickups with the whole family carrying giant sized coolers and loud music boom boxes.

Believe me you would know a chopo when you would see one.

By the way, whats wrong with putting Tv and stereo in the living room? I have them there, so does it mean I am a chopo? Damn, atleast my sofas are not covered with clear plastic. Hehehehe
I keep my TV and stereo there so I can watch TV, play with my laptop and entertain my friend as well.
 

Golo100

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AZB and Marc

AZB, I couln't stop laughing at your post. I love that fat spaghetti stuff. I believe you mean "coditos" or elbows. Remember, to be a chopo you must resort to the cheapest. Elbows are the lowest at the pasta rankings. Have you noticed the cookware where they bring the food. Check the label....is 555 and full of dents. They also throw their garbage outside the garbage can and **** on the water.

AZB, I forgive you for having your TV and Stereo set in your living room. It could be you do not have an extra room to use as your TV room. But I cannot forgive anybody with a house or apartment bigger than 200 ft. not having a special room for this and saving their living room from this no-no in house and apartment decoration. I definetly will not forgive anybody in Piantin,Naco, Anacaona Avenue or any chic neighborhood doing this.

By the way, have you seen Chopo refrigerators? They have these magnetized stickers all over the doors. They also have plastic flowers in their cocktail tables and blown glass ballerinas and animals. puuughhh!

Hey Marc, you are right, the Dominican Republic is 90% chopos. The other 10% goes by Architectural Digest, L'uomo and Vogue. There are clean chopos too. For instance anybody who has as its main vehicle a Jeepeta is a chopo. A jeepeta is a service vehicle. Sophisticated people use the Jeepeta to have their kids picked up in school and to do the groceries.

But if you go to Teatro Nacional or Teatro del Cibao dressed with a suit in a jeepeta and even driving it yourself, you are nothing but a hick. The jeepeta is the typical vehicle of engineers, lawyers, and doctors(typical careers for chopos) 85% of our lawyers are chopos. almost 95% of our engineers are the worst chopos. If you wear chacabanas all the time you are the ultimate chopo. I remember one time someone gave me a chacabana for a gift and when the person left I burned it in disgust at the insult. It was white and all linen with four pockets and trim. Absolutely disgusting! I still can't fathom how Oscar De La Renta believes the chacabana is a fashion statement. Of course, when it comes to men's clothes, De La Renta's clothes are chopowear.

Beepers....yes beepers. You carry one visible to the eye...CHOPO!!
Cellular on your belt....CHOPO!!!
Talking with a cellular in public.....CHOPO!!!!
Asking someone to let you use their phone to answer a beeper....CHOPO!!!!
Eating rice and beans with a spoon....CHOPO!!!
Walking a vira lata dog on the streets???whatyathink?
Screeching your tires.....CHOPO!!!!

TW
 

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chopos son pillars of economy

Hola TW, Dont't knock em too hard we need them

as stated above.

Here in Silicon Valley we call them NERDS

most of them are millionarios but have no

idea of good taste. They drive their BMW

or MERCEDES SUV's to go shopping at

WallMarts and have never seen a dirt

road.

X.

PS Nice of you to grant at least 5% of
the engineers escape from chopodom.
 

Jane J.

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AZB wrote:
3. most role on sand and wrestle to attract attention of the remaining curious foreigners around.
For true chopo-effect this must be done while wet, thus producing what I like to call "sand-shirt".

More give-aways:
  • Anyone who reads Succesos is a chopo.
  • Anyone who rides a motorcyle with a batting helmet on is a chopo.
  • Anyone who thinks that their roof is an adequate place to put their garbage is a chopo.
  • Anyone who makes that awful noise at the back of their mouths / noses, like they're trying to dislodge something, is a chopo.
  • Anyone who thinks that Muzac (i.e. elevator music) is classical music is, alas, a chopo.
 

Golo100

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Robert

Robert:

Do not despair.....we allow the elite certain amount of "choperia" once in a while. But don't make it a habit. There is always a discretionary Chopo allowance for non-chopos. In other words, you may be allowed 3% of Chopo behavior from the eternal list of chopo activities. Even the most perfect person can have a little chopo within. Gianni Versace used to pick up dates in very unusual places. That got him in trouble many times and got him killed. Andy Warhol, a society boy committed his own chopo acts once in a while. Even AZB claimed courageously that he has his TV set in his living room. Whenever you mix with the rif-raf you're bound to pick up something.

I like chopas myself. Chopas have an intriguing effect on men. Now CHOPO men have no forvigeness.

TW
 

AZB

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"AZB, I forgive you for having your TV and Stereo set in your living room. It could be you do not have an extra room to use as your TV room." golo

I have no defense; I live in a 3 bedroom house with a master bedroom (big enough to hide 3 chopas in my closets in case the main chopa drops in unannounced.
Golo is right, I have picked up a bit of chopo habits... I should never have lived in Puerto Plata for more than 6 months.

Since I don't have a jeepita as my main vehicle can I be declassified as a chopo? But but, what about my concho looking beat up toyota??? Oh rats, there is no way out of this damn choperia business.
So if you are a chopo, then might as well be proud of it, chances are you will die as a chopo.
 

AnnaC

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In my next life I want to come back as a "PERFECT" human being, just like TW

Sorry TW couldn't resist.
 

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MiamiChopos

I think Chopos could be found in the US of course. I was on the beach in Miami not too long ago and I found it very amusing to watch something take place. I will call them Miami-chopos

Miamichopos I ran into once worked hotel construction on the beach. On their breaks they walk with their jeans on, hardhats and wife-beater white tanktops, down to the waters edge and do a turn-around. The beach they happened to be on was Haulover Beach, a clothing optional beach in a bit north of South Beach. Their were a variety of beachgoers, from the old european women to the model type latinas. They sit there with their 20ounce can beers and made comments at each person. They had a hard time going back to work, wasn't sure if it was due to how excited they were or if those canned beers got to them. But they couldn't have came from the DR with that canned Bud-lites.
 

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In Miami we have 2 kinds of people that would be considered Chopos. Guajiros and Chusma!
Guajiros, are Hillibillies, uneducated, low class types from Cuba.
Chusma, are all of the same but from other countries.
When Castro first took over in Cuba the people that escaped and arrived in Miami were of the Educated class. But since Mariel we have been overrun with Guajiros and other low class types that are a product of the Socialist Paradise. Combine that with all of the Other Chusma that has been arriving here and it is a mess.
Luckily I live in a area were they haven't infiltrated yet but I hold no illusions. The ones with money have slowly taken over Coral Gables and I know it is only a matter of time before they make it to my area.

Tony C.
 

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x_man, I'm over here in the big valley. . .

about 100mi. N.E. of you, not many of us out here on the left coast. . .

regards,

. . . CES"
 

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Help AZB

AZB....Help...fast.......sell my Jeepeta......I will also sell the one in Mexico.

TW what should I buy with that money???
 

x_man

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Hi CES, ja the only problem with living on the west coast is the
long flight to POP.
i am taking the 'red eye' on Friday are you envious?? Greetings X.
 

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Just one question...

Even though I agree with all of the definitions of chopo I still have a question because someone in another thread mention that anyone who listens to popular music whether it is american, european, or whatever, is a chopo, now, what kind of music do non-chopos listen to?


If everyone was listening to "non-chopo music wouldn't that make it popular, and then wouldn't everyone be classified as a chopo?
 

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To Tony C,AZB,,Xman,LazyGirl and MissinDR

Chopeandooooooooooo!

Tony C: I know your feeling about being encroached by "La Chusma". Did you know we have a Dominican Chusma too? Coral Gables will be next. Maybe you ought to build a wall. The same thing could be done in Coconut Grove. Build a wall to keep the rif raf from the other side. By the way, the Cubans think the Dominicans are chusma, the Dominicans think the Salvadoran and the rest of Central Americans are chusma. But they are all chusma. The Dominican tourists from our upper echelons who visit Miami for shopping sprees at South Beach and Palm Beach want nothing to do with the Miami Dominican community.

Missing-Dr: Yes indeed, sell those two tacky jeepetas and buy yourself a Jaguar XJS for your grocery shopping and a BMW M5 for fun. Do not block other people's views with your monster jeeps and let people see your face in one of these beautiful machines that can also move you quickly in the highway exits and fast lanes. Just think, on an exit lane your jeepeta can at best reach 5-60mph in 9 seconds. The M5 will do it in 4.8. Save your life on a curve road, and ride with class. You worked too hard to be like everybody else. Pamper yourself. Life is too short. Plus, who wants to look like you are climbing a ladder when entering a vehicle. Sitting up is for truckers. Sit down on an automobile for a change.

Robert:Sell that jeepeta too. Don't get confused with a Diputado or Senator, or even worse....a construction engineer. Jeepetas are known for "bolas". Few white guys drive jeepetas. 90% of jeepeta drivers are dark skin, kinky hair, fat engineers or politicians.

LazyGirl:Yes Pop music in the United States is Chopo music. Those who listen to non-chopo music do not want their music to become popularized, but once it does, they abandon it with passion. There are many non-chopo music styles(Most European rock, industrial,trance,ambient, alternative rock,post-modern punk and all underground rock) and the best guide is to listen to a US college radio station. College students are not much into pop, especially Eastern universities. In the pop world, some groups like Garbage and No Doubt are considered non-chopo.

All Country Western music is chopo, so is Black Rap. Certain rap groups are borderline and accepted by a few non-chopos, like Eminem, and not because he is white.

ABZ: Just because you own a beat up Toyota does not make you a chopo. Even driving an old car you could have style. However, if your old car has perfumed pine trees, rosaries, or CD's hanging from the rear view mirror, plastic covers in your seats, license plate covers(specially chromed or gold or with car dealer names),seat belts cut off,steering wheel covers, aftermarket mismatched from original spoke wheels, neon lights, darkened glass all over. If your car is tuned to AM radio....If you listen to merengue or bachata in your car....If you carry three passengers in the front seats....if the color of your car is red or black or yellow, but is not a sports car...if you put Armor-all in your tires and they look newer than the car...then you better watch out. You may have overstepped the boundaries towards chopohood.

As to having lived six months in Puerto Plata, I can understand your feeling. Grahame Bush has been deeply affected by choperia too.

X-Man: Nerds are a higher class than chopos. They may be tacky, but chopos are unique. Dominican chopos are in a class by itself.
The only thing close to the Dominican brand are Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans. Central Americans are just plain chusma. Mexican poor people are just backward indian descendants with rudimentary manners. But chopos just have no class...ever!!!

TW
 
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