A lo Tico

Cañeros – people from the town of Cañas
Garrotazos –price increases. Literally to get hit on the head by a club.
Guato – slang for dog
La cueva – literally means a cave but it also the name of the Saprissa soccer stadium
La faja de tiros – your teeth. It literally means a cartridge belt for bullets
Liguista envenenado – a fanatical football (soccer) fro the city of Alajuela
La muni – short for municipalidad or municipality
Las pelis – the movies
Naranjeños – people from the town of Naranjo
Paganini – someone who always pays or picks up the bill.
Picón – a drag racer or a person who nibbles at food. Picar is the verb for both
Quedar como un ajillo – to be very white or clean
Sacar caja – means to stick out your chest because you are proud of something that you have done like win a sporting event
Soltar el perro – to pay someone. Amarrar el pedro means not to pay someone

Tiquismo of the week
Al que a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija – one should only get involved with people with good manners and use them as an example of good behavior.