Spain
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Spain
All expressions
A girl who has an intangible quality that makes her magnetic and admired. The person everyone wants to know.
A very dumb or ignorant person in a particular area. It's not the harshest insult — more of an admission of cluelessness in a specific subject — but it stings if directed at your general intelligence.
In Spain and Mexico, a completely fabricated story or ridiculous excuse that nobody believes. Cuentos chinos are the specialty of people who owe you something and can't deliver on their promises.
A social media post that criticizes or calls out someone without naming them directly. The art of digital shade — everyone knows exactly who it's about, except the target has no official recourse.
A corn cob with its kernels still attached — the whole ear of corn in its natural form. It's what you boil, grill, or strip for kernels across all of Latin America.