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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "EHR" (as in "egg") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "moh" (as in "more") + "pah" (as in "park") + "LEE" (as in "lead") + "toh" (as in "toll") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "GOHLF" (as in "go")/

Meaning

To show up uninvited and completely out of place, like a golf club nobody asked for and nobody knows what to do with. In the Dominican Republic, this vivid expression describes the person who arrives where they weren't expected or wanted.

Examples

Se apareció en la reunión como palito de golf, nadie lo invitó.

He showed up to the meeting completely uninvited, nobody called him.

He crashed the party out of nowhere and nobody knew who he was.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Paracaidista

A silly, clueless person who makes a fool of themselves without realizing it. In Mexico and Guatemala, the comparison to a goose references the bird's clumsy walk and goofy appearance.