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/Sounds like "ow" (as in "cow") + "ree" (as in "reed") + "koo" (as in "cool") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "rehs" (as in "red")/

Meaning

Devices placed in or on your ears to listen to audio privately, the Argentine and Spanish way of saying it. What Mexico calls audífonos and other countries call cascos, but everyone's talking about the same gadget.

Examples

I bought some really good Bluetooth earphones.

Noise-canceling earphones are amazing.

Regional synonyms

In Cuba, a state of total collapse: broke, physically wrecked, emotionally drained, or all three at once. From "escachar" meaning to crush or crumble, applied to anyone running completely on empty with nothing left to give.