In lunfardo 'cucumber' has several meanings, such as the hypocoristic diminutive of pepe, as close to Italianism as to Lusitanism. Others are associated with the somewhat jocular pronunciation of 'cucumber' in Spanish, and not so much with etymological issues. A cucumber can be a year suffered (because of a convalescence, because of being in jail), or also a rather sporting one made against a team. For some philologists there is a sexual origin (not exactly a sylophyll) whereby someone can say "We put 3 cucumbers!" instead of "We were made 3 goals!", since cucumber is also a euphemism per penis (and its inevitable association with "dumb" ) ; but this can be a bit of a debatable thing.
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