pōˈchēz(ˌ)mō noun
( -s )
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from poche, pocho U.S. resident of Mexican origin (probably from Spanish pocho discolored) + Spanish -ismo -ism
1. : a term of United States origin borrowed into Mexican Spanish and used along the border between the United States and Mexico especially by U.S.-born Mexicans
not a single pochismo has added to the beauty of our Spanish language — F.G.Beraza
2. : a vocabulary consisting of pochismos