Is "Gringo" an offensive or derogatory word?
My Mexican non-English speaking cousin-in-law asked me if I thought that "Gringo" was an offensive term. My response was "no". My reasoning is that "Gringo" is a slang term for non-Mexican North A...
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Any of the Mexicans that we befriended over the years did not refer to Canadians as gringos but as Canadienses. I don't think its an offensive word any more than calling a Costa Riquensa a "Tico"
