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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "LOHR" (as in "loan") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "boh" (as in "boat") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "gah" (as in "garden")/

Meaning

Extreme, humid, suffocating heat with nowhere to escape. The kind of heat you feel when you walk into a sealed room in a tropical summer with no ventilation at all.

Examples

I can't sleep in this sweltering heat.

The bus without AC is pure oven-level heat.

Regional synonyms

In Chile, to be spaced out, distracted, or totally in your own world, not paying attention to what's happening around you.