Definitions

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  • noun a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.

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  • noun US, ethnic slur, offensive a Mexican
  • noun baseball A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter.
  • noun US, slang, dated A superior or admirable person; something excellent.

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  • noun a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

Etymologies

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From bean +‎ -er. Literally "a person who eats refried beans".

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Examples

  • For context, we need to look back to November 2008, when a group of Long Island teens attacked and killed Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero as part of a destructive pastime that they called "beaner hopping" - slang the teens used for tracking down and assaulting Latinos.

    Ted Hesson: Feud Over Hate Crime Enforcement on Long Island Signals Problems Ted Hesson 2011

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

  • Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo

    Page 2 2009

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