That weirdly nostalgic, soft-crush vibe you get from someone who isn’t family but feels like they could be.
Like a cute neighbor boy, a distant family friend, or that one guy who visited your aunt’s house when you were a kid and made your stomach flip for reasons you didn't understand yet.
It’s not about sexual attraction only — it’s about vibe: warm, familiar, boy-next-door-ish, but slightly forbidden in that “he's cute but I shouldn’t” way.
Ryan Gosling has primo gatinho energy. So does that friend-of-a-friend who smells like soap and wears flip-flops indoors.
(aka: hot cousin next door energy)
— “You ever look at someone and just feel that energia de primo gatinho?”
— “Yeah, energia de primo gatinho is real. Like… he feels like he could be my hot cousin who hugs too long at family events.”
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The phenomenon where a creative work designed to represent and/or celebrate a minority is hated by said minority for being stereotypical and degrading.
This effect is named after the Disney Channel animated series "Primos", which got a great deal of backlash for containing negative stereotypes and incorrect Spanish.
The opposite is the Speedy Gonzales effect, named after Speedy Gonzales, the Looney Tunes character who is both criticized for being a Mexican stereotype, and beloved for being a heroic, quick-witted, and lovable cultural icon by Latin-Americans.
In June 2017, the city of Philadelphia adopted a Pride Flag with additional black and brown stripes on top, intended to represent people of color. However, this flag and its further redesigns gathered backlash for being uninclusive, including from LGBT people of color. This is an example of the Primos effect.
A marijuana blunt, sprinkled with cocaine that is stereotypically rolled by an old school African American man, whom resembles either ,the famous Smokey Robinson, or Frank Lucas.
"Hey, girl you wanna try my Primo-Blunt?" "You ain't never had a blunt unless you've tried one of my Primo-Blunts!"---Stan, the token black guy in the crew.