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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

When something is so hard to understand it might as well be written in another language. Used in Mexico and Spain when a topic, document, or explanation goes completely over your head and you have basically given up trying to follow it.

Examples

That exam was total gibberish to me, I understood nothing.

They explained the contract and it was all Greek to me.

Regional synonyms

A completely apathetic person who doesn't care about anything and never commits to anything. The Spanish 'pasota' is the philosophical opposite of engaged, politics, responsibilities, relationships, none of it generates any reaction. Pure indifference as a lifestyle.