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/Sounds like "kohr" (as in "coat") + "TAHR" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

To break up with your partner, that painful moment when someone says "it's not working" and everything falls apart. It can be mutual or one-sided, but it always hurts and is always followed by a sad playlist.

Examples

She broke up with her boyfriend after three years.

They dumped me over WhatsApp, how cowardly.

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Regional synonyms

In Cuba, a state of total collapse: broke, physically wrecked, emotionally drained, or all three at once. From "escachar" meaning to crush or crumble, applied to anyone running completely on empty with nothing left to give.