Investigating Ox-Man!
Posted by: Nick Redfern on July 27th, 2012
“In the neighbourhood of Wicklow at the time when Maurice Fitzgerald got possession of the country and the castle, an extraordinary man was seen – if indeed it be right to call him a man. He had all the parts of the human body except the extremities which were those of an ox. From the joining of the hands with the arms and the feet with the legs, he had hooves, the same as an ox,” Dr. Beachcombing tells us.
Myth? Hoax? A tragic case of deformity? Read on!
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We’ve got a lot of those in Mexico.
LOL don’t get me wrong. It’s not like Mexicans like to indulge in a little bestiality once in a while. It’s just like as part of the colloquial jargon, the word ‘güey’ (ox) is used a lot instead of ‘buddy’ or ‘friend’ or ‘man’.
Instead of saying “what’s up, dude?”, you usually say “qué pasó, güey?”.
Just don’t ask me why. 😛
Yep, except the real definition of “guey” means a castrated bull or ox
The term is not about sexual connotations, but about the dull and complacent attitude of an ox, willing to put on a yoke and pull the carriage without question.