pishtaco

Meaning

Noun

  • A mythical white male demon in South American folklore, who steals and eat indigenous South Americans' body fat, or cuts up their flesh to turn it into food.

Origin

  • From a Quechua language term meaning "cut the throat of, cut up".

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