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/Sounds like "HAH" (as in "hard") + "gwah" (as in "Guam")/

Meaning

Dog in Paraguay, from Guaraní "jagua," and also a mild insult for someone who acts disloyal or badly. Among friends it can be used jokingly without much sting.

Examples

I went out to feed the dog before going to sleep.

You acted like a real dog leaving me hanging like that.

Regional synonyms

To overthink something, dwell on it, and keep turning it over in your head until it eats you alive. It's when you can't stop obsessing over a situation that you should've let go of ages ago.