What Does This Mean?
Colloquial and often derogatory word in Spain (feminine "poligonera") for a stereotyped working-class young person from city outskirts, associated with sportswear and a particular style; synonyms in the same sense are "cani" and "choni".
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"They call him poligonero because of the tracksuit, but he is simply a kid from the neighbourhood."
LORE & ORIGIN
Formed from "polígono" (industrial estate, also used for peripheral housing areas) plus the suffix "-ero". Wiktionary labels it colloquial, derogatory and Peninsular Spanish, and lists "cani" and "choni" as synonyms; the Real Academia Española dictionary also records the word, including a derogatory sense. Spanish television covered the subculture, for example a Cuatro programme on young "poligoneros", and descriptions of the style mention tracksuits, sports-style clothing, cropped gelled hair and music such as reggaeton. A Universidad Carlos III study links the cani and choni stereotypes to the 2008 crisis and their fading to the arrival of trap music from 2013 to 2015. The first use of the word is not documented.
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