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/Sounds like "CHOW" (as in "chow") + "chahs" (as in "chat")/
Pocket change or an amount of money so small it is basically worthless. The word comes from Quechua "chaucha," meaning a small, low-value potato. Getting paid "unas chauchas" for hard work is the most Argentine way of saying you were completely underpaid.
“I do not even have enough change for the bus, I will have to walk.”
“They paid me pennies for weeks of work, it was insulting.”
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/Sounds like "CHOW" (as in "chow") + "chahs" (as in "chat")/
Pocket change or an amount of money so small it is basically worthless. The word comes from Quechua "chaucha," meaning a small, low-value potato. Getting paid "unas chauchas" for hard work is the most Argentine way of saying you were completely underpaid.
“I do not even have enough change for the bus, I will have to walk.”
“They paid me pennies for weeks of work, it was insulting.”
Lurias
Completely unhinged, totally out of their mind. In Mexico, calling someone lurias means they have gone fully off the rails, not just a little quirky but genuinely lost touch with reality. No diplomacy involved.