Widder, SASS #59054 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I think its Spanish. It is pronounced: EYE CHEE WAA WAA. What does it mean? ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I think Chihuahua. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Something like”holy molee!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Means “HOLY CRAP!!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Ay Chihuahua. to iT’s an expression of surprise or possibly annoyance. Leo Carrillo used to say it all the time to Duncan Reynaldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 OH CRAP is the PG version CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Uf da Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 little dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mongo, SASS #61450 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 An expression of dismay uttered by Widder, on occasion, when Tennessee Williams beats him, time-wise, on a stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 From the True West web site: Most of us are familiar with the saying, “Ay Chihuahua!” which is the Spanish equivalent of “Yikes!” The entire saying is, “Ay Chihuahua, cuantos Apaches, cuantos Indios sin huaraches!” Which loosely translated, means, “Yikes! How many Apache Indians are there without sandals!” The saying refers to the time when legendary Apache raiders like Geronimo, Cochise, Juh and Victorio, plundered the northern states of Mexico. Apaches wore calf-high deerskin moccasins, as opposed to the sandals of the locals, thus the play on words and the rhyming (Apaches-huaraches). It has been almost a century since those raids but it is quite amazing that this saying is still in use today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 There are two of them across the street. They are constantly announcing themselves as such. Damn annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 34 minutes ago, bgavin said: There are two of them across the street. They are constantly announcing themselves as such. Damn annoying. Could be worse, they could be as big as Great Danes and still have the same disposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Just from what I've always heard around here, it's kind of a polite form of Ching Gow. You can find various definitions, but it's always been my understanding it's the F Bomb. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 2:15 PM, Widder, SASS #59054 said: I think its Spanish. It is pronounced: EYE CHEE WAA WAA. What does it mean? ..........Widder Great Horney Toads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 The meaning of ay, chihuahua is purely contextual. It can be "oh my!" or "mercy sakes!" or "hot damn!" or "oh crap!" It can express surprise, admiration, frustration, exasperation, anger, pleasure, pain, or almost anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Les Nessman called the little dogs chee hoooah hooahs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 small taco filler ? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 21 hours ago, Rip Snorter said: Could be worse, they could be as big as Great Danes and still have the same disposition. If the Chihuahua was that big, it would be the dominant species on Earth! (shudder!) Bears would run far and fast at their mere scent wafting in the breeze. Sharks would avoid shallow waters like the plague. Crocs, caimans and gators would get out of the water to avoid them when they decided to drink mere water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 A lot of the tiny dogs share the same type of personality, I suppose it is a survival characteristic. Mom had a tiny Bichon, cute as a button and great with people, but it would try to bite any large dog it encountered. Somehow, it lived to a ripe old age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: A lot of the tiny dogs share the same type of personality, I suppose it is a survival characteristic. Mom had a tiny Bichon, cute as a button and great with people, but it would try to bite any large dog it encountered. Somehow, it lived to a ripe old age. The most dangerous dog I've ever been around was a fawn colored teacup Chihuahua named Pretty Boy. He was so small that he rode in his owner's coat pocket during the winter. Had a head about the size of a golf ball. He bit more people than all the other dogs I've been around combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 My daughter was looking for an older dog at the local rescue years ago. As she was looking at the dogs, there was one large Chihuahua in the pen that would snarl and try to bite any dog that approached him. One of the long time attendants said that he belonged to an elderly owner who had passed away, and despite appearances was a "good" dog. Long story short, he ended up with us as my daughter was working and out of her house making for a long day. He joined the two Boxers we had and "fell in love" with the female. He would lie next to her, would lick her on occasion and then back up to stare at her. As it turned out we had another female later and he bonded with her as well. They told my daughter at the rescue that he was fixed, but apparently it didn't take, and when old Nano would get excited he REALLY got excited. My wife was a nurse and when she used a nursing trick to calm him down and he bit her. He did turn out to be good dog though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 1:35 PM, Utah Bob #35998 said: Ay Chihuahua. to iT’s an expression of surprise or possibly annoyance. Leo Carrillo used to say it all the time to Duncan Reynaldo. know exactally who those two guys were without having to search and people say we weren't inclusive back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 1:35 PM, Utah Bob #35998 said: Leo Carrillo used to say it all the time to Duncan Reynaldo So, Francisco used to say it all the time to Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 On 4/13/2022 at 4:47 PM, .44bang said: Very funny, Never heard about the word before now. Originated from, where ? Likely originated in Mexico. As with many phrases of this type there is no consensus of where and when it started being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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