
COWBOY LINGO LINKED TO SPANISH ROOTS
The Wild West, a period of time that lasted only a few short years before ranchers began fencing ranges more than a century ago, lives on in a new dictionary that traces the Spanish roots of cowboy lingo.
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This may not be as apparent to someone living within the USA, but it seems to me that most people outside of the US use Cowboy Lingo as a means to refer to the US' strong will or might. Some use it to also be sarcastic or to emphasize the patriotism of a US Citizen on foreign soil.