Before you try pronouncing it with any kind of J sound, I’ll tell you: it’s pronounced MEE-ho, and in Mexican Spanish it’s a term of endearment for boys (mija, MEE-ha for girls).
I learned the word from my brother. He heard it from one of his Army buddies, who told this story:
“When I was little, I spent a lot of time at my grandma’s house. For some reason, she was always flipping me off. So one day I flipped her off. She got all teary and said, ‘Mijo, you don’t talk to me like that.'”
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