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/Sounds like "CHOH" (as in "chose") + "yah" (as in "yard")/

Meaning

Head in Mexico, a colloquial and somewhat dismissive way to refer to the top part of your body. When someone tells you to use your cholla, they're asking you to think before acting brainlessly.

Examples

Use your cholla, think before you speak.

He bumped his cholla and got a big lump.

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A Mexican expression for someone who's freaked out, disoriented, or mentally somewhere else. The literal idea is being 'pulled out of your wavelength,' as if your brain got disconnected from reality for a moment. It describes anyone reacting weirdly, losing their train of thought, or just acting off.