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/Sounds like "DEHL" (as in "debt") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "KOHL" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

Mexican expression meaning something went terribly wrong or a situation is really bad and messy. Like saying it went sideways, it is a total disaster.

Examples

Work has been del cocol lately, they are laying people off.

The exam went del cocol for me, I had not studied at all.

Regional synonyms

Drunkenness, or the state of being drunk. A classic lunfardo term from the River Plate region (Argentina and Uruguay). "Agarrar una curda" means getting properly loaded, and calling someone a curda means they have clearly had way too much. The intensified form "curdela" signals an even more advanced state of intoxication.