PACHUCO
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PACHUCO is a clique of traditionally Mexican-Americans who are associated with street-gangs, night life and exuberant public behavior.

PACHUCO/PACHUCA
MUSTS: zoot-suit or very well dressed (dandyesque)

Wikipedia - The pachuco subculture declined in the 1960s, evolving into the Chicano style. This style preserved some of the pachuco slang while adding a strong political element characteristic of the late 1960s American life.
In the early 1970s, a recession and the increasingly violent nature of gang life resulted in an abandonment of anything that suggested dandyism. Accordingly, Mexican-American gangs adopted a uniform of T-shirts and khakis derived from prison uniforms, and the pachuco style died out. However, the zoot suit remains a popular choice of formal wear for urban and rural Latino youths in heavily ethnic neighborhoods. It is typically worn at a prom...

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