The word "Hispanic"

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Some Mexican-Americans use "Hispanic" as an insult for a prissy middle class Mexican-American.

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Think of it this way, Gully: over in Ireland, your religion matters.  A lot.  Or, at least, it did back in the day.  But when Irish immigrants came to here, they tended to form one united, "Irish-American" bloc.  The religious divisions that were salient over in Ireland suddenly lost their meaning in the United States,

This isn't really true, at least initially, though it'd be nice if it were. It's more that Prods moved to America at different times and to different places than Taigs.