The most effective strategy or characters at the current moment in a competitive game. Playing meta means using whatever works best according to the patch, even if it's not the most fun or creative.

Something incredibly boring, tedious, or with zero entertainment value whatsoever. In Argentina, an embole is anything that makes time feel like it's stopped — meetings, lectures, or waiting in line.

A man who is completely whipped by his girlfriend or wife, doing whatever she says without question. The word comes from "pollera," which means skirt in Argentina, implying the guy is always clinging to his woman's skirt. It's the equivalent of calling someone "whipped" or "henpecked" in English.

To make out with someone in Argentina and Uruguay, usually at a party, club, or night out. It's more than a casual friendly kiss but less than the start of an actual relationship.