beaner

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈbinɚ/ === Etymology 1 === From bean +‎ -er. Literally a person who eats beans, since beans are a staple of Mexican cuisine. ==== Noun ==== beaner (plural beaners) (US, ethnic slur, offensive) A Mexican. (US, ethnic slur, offensive, by extension) Any Hispanic or Latino person. Synonym: spic (offensive) (sometimes offensive, slang) A casual term of address, especially used by Mexican Americans. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== References ==== John Sutherland (31 July 2000), “You are what you eat ... arguably”, in The Guardian‎[2] === Etymology 2 === From bean +‎ -er; see bean (“(slang) head”). ==== Noun ==== beaner (plural beaners) (baseball) A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter. (by extension, informal) Head. (US, slang, dated) A superior or admirable person; something excellent. ===== Usage notes ===== This sense of a superior or admirable person, from U.S. baseball slang in the 1940s and 1950s, is now almost completely superseded. ===== Synonyms ===== (baseball): beanball ===== See also ===== (cricket): beamer ===== References ===== Lester V. Berrey and Melvín van den Bark (1953), American Thesaurus of Slang: A Complete Reference Book of Colloquial Speech, Crowell, page 27,354,375 === Anagrams === Berean, bearen