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Meaning of shusheta



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In lunfardo it means "snitch, they rush it and beat, it counts all" . As they are loose or soft subjects of character, they are also associated with "good children", people from well-to-do families, who are not accustomed to going through deprivations. It has its origin in the Genoese siciûsciâ ( "blow" ). See cobani, ortiba, beater, fifi, pituco.

  



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

In Argentina it means aristocrat, distinguished, elegant, who dresses very well. It is the name of a tango. A famous version is performed by Ángel D'Agostino and Ángel Vargas. The composer of the music was Juan Carlos Cobián and the lyrics of Enrique Domingo Cadicamo.

  

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John Rene Plaut

shusheta in Argentina: of the lunfardo, dress elegantly, but also has the meaning of falluto or snitch. From 1943 within a campaign initiated by the military dictatorship that forced to suppress the lunfardo language in broadcasting, such as any reference to drunkenness or expressions that were considered immoral or negative for the language or for the country, this word was forbidden. For this reason the tango Shusheta had to be renamed The Aristocrat.

  










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