Argentina
All expressions
Argentina
All expressions
Pineapple in Argentina and Uruguay — the word comes from Guaraní and is the go-to term in the Río de la Plata region. Same fruit, different name from the rest of the Spanish-speaking world.
To quote tweet — sharing someone's tweet with your own comment added above. Quote tweeting is the most powerful tool for commentary on Twitter: it amplifies the original while adding your take, and in the wrong hands, it becomes a mechanism for public dragging.
Content so absurd and nonsensical that it feels like it's destroying your brain cells. This is the humor of the current generation.
A gang or group of people who intimidate, bully, or cause trouble together. In Argentina and Uruguay, 'patota' is the crew you don't want showing up at your event — they travel in packs and their presence usually means something is about to go wrong.
A dominant, assertive person who takes charge in any group or social setting. Borrowed from English but used heavily in Latin American internet culture, often with heavy irony to mock men who try too hard to project dominance and masculinity online.