taco

name

Etymology: Coined by journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025 for the Financial Times on May 2 in a newspaper column. Named after President of the United States Donald J. Trump

1. Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), American businessman and politician, President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025).

   “Who Went To VIETNAM In TACO’S PLACE?”

   “Last night, when Chip Cutter and Amrith Ramkumar reported that Señor TACO had publicly called for the resignation of Intel’s CEO— without evidence of wrongdoing—it marked another milestone in the authoritarian drift that has come to define his and his regime’s political DNA.”

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, of uncertain origin; see the Spanish entry for more.

1. A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
2. The vulva.

   “[…] while grinding her pink taco into my groin as if trying to gain even more of my sizable ...”

   “[…] zombies have to eat and the best place to on any female is the pink taco.”

3. A yellow stain on a shirt's armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.

phrase

1. Alternative letter-case form of TACO; acronym of Trump always chickens out.

   “This is the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out. […] The key difference between this and the “Taco” theory is that the safe haven status of the US was never really in doubt; the world order was never on the cusp of a generational change.”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, of uncertain origin; see the Spanish entry for more.

1. To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.

   “The boat tacoed — the front and rear bent in — and I was holding onto a strap on the frame, sitting more on the tube than the frame, and I was catapulted forward.”

   “J.T. was in full scoop mode and whaling down the descent and he creamed into the dude, tacoed his front wheel, sheared off his front brake, and came as close to cursing as he ever has.”