Spread laughter and positive energy with wordplay! Dictomancy - Everyday Wordplay is a Wednesday blog series that features rare, bizarre, and absurd words and their meanings. Work one of these words into your day and spark some laughter and curiosity!
Ramadero - ram*a*de*ro n A thicket. 1929 Dobie Vaquero 206 SW, Down in a ramadero of spined bushes and trees that seem to cover all space except that occupied by prickly pear, a man . . .is sitting on a horse. 1932 DN 6.232 West, Ramadero. This word is sometimes heard in the Southwest for thicket. 1967 DARE (Qu. C28, A place where underbrush, weeds, vines and small trees grow together so that it’s nearly impossible to get through.) Inf TX28 Ramadero.
“If you’ve ever hiked through a ramadero, you know how much it sucks.”
“Look! Down there! In that ramadero!”
“What’s your favorite part of that game?”
“Hacking through ramaderos that spit out money.”
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Works Cited
Cassidy, Frederic G. Chief Editor. Dictionary Of American Regional English. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. Print