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/Sounds like "BOH" (as in "boat") + "lah" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

A large group of people bunched together forming a chaotic crowd in Mexico. When there's a bola de gente taking up space, making noise, and piling on top of each other with zero order.

Examples

There's a bola of people at the entrance.

The information got all balled up and nobody knows anything.

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Regional synonyms

The person everyone blames when something goes wrong, the narrative scapegoat of any group conflict. Across Latin America and Spain, ser el malo de la pelicula means being cast as the villain of the story, sometimes just for telling the truth nobody wanted to hear.