colita

English

Noun

colita (plural colitas)

(informal) The fag-end of a cannabis joint
- 1976, Don Felder; Don Henley; and Glenn Frey (The Eagles), Hotel California, in "Hotel California":
  On a dark desert highway / Cool wind in my hair / Warm smell of colitas / Rising up through the air.

Spanish

Etymology

From cola (“tail”) +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈlita/ [koˈli.t̪a]
Rhymes: -ita
Syllabification: co‧li‧ta

Noun

colita f (plural colitas)

Diminutive of cola
(Chile) ponytail
(Argentina, Colombia) hair tie
(derogatory, Chile) fagboy, gayboy
rear end, caboose, booty (buttocks)
(slang) end tip of a cannabis flower bud

Further reading

“colita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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