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Taco vs Gyro - What's the difference?

taco | gyro |

As nouns the difference between taco and gyro

is that taco is a Mexican snack food; a small tortilla with some rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States) and salsa while gyro is a gyroscope.

taco

English

(wikipedia taco)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla with some rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States) and salsa.
  • (US, slang) the vulva. also called pink taco
  • * 2007 , Various, Sex & Seduction: 20 Erotic Stories , Accent Press Ltd., page 130,
    • ... while grinding her pink taco into my groin as if trying to gain even more of my sizable ...
  • * 2009 , Albert Mudrian, Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces , Da Capo Press, page 159
  • *:...zombies have to eat and the best place to on any female is the pink taco .
  • (US, slang) A yellow stain on shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.

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    gyro

    English

    (wikipedia gyro)

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gyroscope
  • A gyrocompass
  • An autogyro

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ; from the turning of the meat on a spit.

    Alternative forms

    * gyros, giro, giros * yero

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.
    • I'll have a gyro , please.

    Usage notes

    The correct pronunciation of this word is disputed. The pronunciation .): *

    See also

    * kebab * shawarma, shoarma, shwarma * souvlaki

    References

    [http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/6/6-1641.html] has a discussion of pronunciations.

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