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When you read Latinx in Spanish it reads as "Latín Equis".

"Equis" is a word we use when talking about something or someone irrelevant. Like the x in an algebra formula.

https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=equ...



Wait, what does that mean wrt the Dos Equis beer then? Is the most interesting man in the world actually irrelevant?


I think you meant most interesting person in the world.

Geez.


TIL The beer was first named Siglo XX which stands for 20th century. The name Dos Equis later came about from the roman numeral for twenty, which is XX.




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