The "P" Word

If you have read my blog for any length of time you know that I will not dignify that person in the White House by calling him by his name.  I have been calling him a "pendejo" for most of his term in office.  However, I am not by any means the only one nor the first one to give him that sobriquet.  A couple days ago on a whim I googled the word to see what images would appear.  It's no surprise at all whose image appeared the most often.  Here are just a few...

Apparently way back during the last Presidential election, T-shirts and signs with "Eres un pendejo" were to be seen all over New York City.

This barb is based on the label of Tapatío Hot Sauce.

I suppose that most of my readers, even those who do not know Spanish, have guessed the meaning of this moderately vulgar word from context.  One of my Swiss cousins delicately asked me, "Does it begin with an A and end with an E?"   Literally, according to the "Dictionary of the Spanish Language of the Royal Spanish Academy", the word means "pubic hair".  However in much of the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Mexico, the word is a mild cuss word used to refer to a STUPID, INCOMPETENT or CONTEMPTIBLE person.   In this case all three adjectives suit him to a T.