“Enough of mistreating us from outside, of coming to explain what to do and what not to do Recoleta pituitos. May this example be taken by the interior of our homeland. This is the cry of Cordova”, expressed Martin Llaryora, in the middle of the festivities We make United for Córdobato celebrate the triumph of Daniel Passerini.
The curious term “Pituquitos from Recoleta” went viral on social networks, after the Cordovan governor-elect spoke to the militants in the Peronist bunker. “They come to visit every day and give you governance classes, anyone governs in the richest and most subsidized district in Argentina. Come govern in the interior”, Llaryora said.
According to historians and specialists in urban languages, the definition of “pituco” means “smug”, and was used to describe a person who belongs to the upper class of society. The notion can also allude to someone who takes great care when it comes to getting ready and usually boasts of his elegance.
In this aspect, the expression coincides with a certain stereotype of the upper-class porteño who lives in a residential neighborhood and belongs to the believe me of the society. In that sense, you can use similar terms like “dandy” or “refined“. According to specialists in etymology, the origin of “pituco” comes from the word “whistle”, a figurative that describes a thin and tall person, with a shape that resembles that of a flute.
The emergence of the term is uncertain, because the use of the word is used in several South American countries. From Ecuador and Peru to Uruguay and Chile, passing through Argentina and Bolivia, they used the word as an adjective. Some experts associate it with a Quechua linguistic expression that refers to a very long worm.
However, in the region of Silver riverit is believed that the word has its origins in the Russian immigrants of the early and mid-20th century, where there is a pejorative term that sounds very similar and is defined as “rooster” or “arrogant man, who dresses and behaves extravagantly”. A term in disuse at this point, but that from time to time returns.
On this occasion, the governor-elect of Córdoba brought him, to refer to the national opposition leaders who came to his province to celebrate: those “pitucos de Recoleta”, according to his words.
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