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/Sounds like "choo" (as in "choose") + "pah" (as in "park") + "MEH" (as in "met") + "dyahs"/

Meaning

A suck-up who tries to get on the good side of someone powerful or in authority. The chupamedias does everything to please the boss, laughs at their bad jokes, and never disagrees even when they're right.

Examples

He's a total suck-up, always says yes to the boss.

Don't be a kiss-up and say what you actually think.

Word family

In classic Argentine lunfardo, a woman who works as a street prostitute. The word is closely tied to tango culture and the popular poetry of the Rio de la Plata in the 20th century, where the yira became an enduring literary figure: solitary, walking the night, waiting for someone to stop.