No Way Jose Tequila (1985)

What s the meaning of the phrase No way Jose Absolutely not; never. What s the origin of the phrase No way Jose This slang expression originated in America sometime around the 1960s. In Chapman and Kipfer s Dictionary of American Slang no way is listed as a 1960s phrase and no way Jose as originating in Village Voice. Unfortunately, they don t present any other details so I can t check that assertion. The first verified citation I ve found is from The Washington Post, December 1979: I ve got nothing against robots. But no way, Jose, is this guy going to Why Jose There s no reason to think that Jose was an actual person. The name was probably chosen for the rhyme with no way, which predates the longer phrase.