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Taco

//ˈtɑ.koʊ// name, noun, phrase, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025). US, derogatory, humorous, ironic, slang

    "Who Went To VIETNAM In TACO’S PLACE?"

Noun
  1. 1
    A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
  2. 2
    Initialism of transfusion-associated circulatory overload. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling wordnet
  4. 4
    The vulva. US, slang

    "[…] while grinding her pink taco into my groin as if trying to gain even more of my sizable ..."

  5. 5
    (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent wordnet
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  1. 6
    A yellow stain on a shirt's armpit caused by sweat or deodorant. US, slang
Phrase
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of TACO; acronym of Trump always chickens out. alt-of

    "This is the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out. […] The key difference between this and the “Taco” theory is that the safe haven status of the US was never really in doubt; the world order was never on the cusp of a generational change."

  2. 2
    Acronym of Trump always chickens out. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, neologism

    "This is the TACO theory: Trump Always Chickens Out," Armstrong wrote on May 2."

Verb
  1. 1
    To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded. ambitransitive, slang

    "The boat tacoed — the front and rear bent in — and I was holding onto a strap on the frame, sitting more on the tube than the frame, and I was catapulted forward."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, of uncertain origin; see the Spanish entry for more.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, of uncertain origin; see the Spanish entry for more.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

Etymology 4

Coined by journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025 for the Financial Times on May 2 in a newspaper column. Named after President of the United States Donald J. Trump

Etymology 5

Coined by journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025 for the Financial Times on May 2 in a newspaper column. Named after President of the United States Donald J. Trump

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