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/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

A person who sneaks into a place, party, or event without an invitation or paying, slipping in where they don't belong. Every party has that one person nobody invited but showed up anyway.

Examples

He crashed the party and nobody knew him.

There's always a gatecrasher at every event, it's inevitable.

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Regional synonyms

Someone who got a job, privilege or position through connections rather than merit. In Mexico and Spain an enchufado is plugged in, it's not what you know but who you know.