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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "NEE" (as in "knee") + "kahs" (as in "car")/

Meaning

Small colorful glass balls used in a classic childhood game where players flick them to knock opponents' marbles out of a circle. Playing canicas is a generational tradition across Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, the kind of game you learned from an older kid in the schoolyard and passed down yourself.

Examples

When I was little I spent hours playing marbles in the schoolyard.

I still have a whole box of colorful marbles stored away at home.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Bolitas

Sarcastic abbreviation for "gracias por invitar" (thanks for the invite), used in Mexico when someone finds out they were left out of a plan through social media. Gen Z's favorite passive-aggressive way to call out the person who forgot them.