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/Sounds like "koo" (as in "cool") + "nyah" (as in "Nyan") + "DEES" (as in "deep") + "moh" (as in "more")/

Meaning

In Spain, the habit of speaking confidently about any topic with zero actual knowledge. The word comes from the cultural archetype of the brother-in-law at family dinners who has a loud opinion on everything from economics to politics without knowing anything about either.

Examples

Don't start with your know-it-all act, you know nothing about economics.

At Christmas dinner the unsolicited expert opinions always come out the moment someone mentions politics.

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In Spain, roughly meaning 'like,' 'kind of,' or 'in a way', the catch-all filler used to describe something without committing too firmly to a specific description. The Swiss Army knife of casual Spanish speech.