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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "GAHN" (as in "garden") + "cheh" (as in "check")/

Meaning

An emotional fixation or obsession that is hard to shake. It can be unrequited feelings for someone who barely knows you exist, a show you cannot stop watching, or anything that keeps living rent-free in your head.

Examples

She has been hung up on that guy for three months and he does not even text back.

The obsession with that show is real: I started one episode and finished the whole season.

Regional synonyms

When you don't have the ideal thing, you make do with what's available and make it work. Mexican ingenuity summed up in a phrase that celebrates the ability to figure things out with whatever you've got.