"Dear Armo: Now, ¡Ay, caramba! might not be as popular or as peculiarly Mexican a swear as, say, "pinche puto pendejo baboso," "¡Cu-le-ro!" or the many epithets derived from the word mamá (mother), but Mexicans do say it-but not as often as gabachos would love to believe, Bart Simpson catchphrase notwithstanding."