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/Sounds like "hye" (as in "hi") + "loh" (as in "loan") + "neh" (as in "net") + "REE" (as in "reed") + "ah" (as in "art")/

Meaning

In Bolivia, a snobbish, upper-class attitude - the cluster of behaviors that come with thinking you are superior because of your money. Derived from "jailón" and used critically by young people.

Examples

That birthday was pure jailonería, everything imported and nobody from the neighborhood.

Drop the jailonería and come eat salteñas like everyone else.

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Regional synonyms

In Spain, to be completely zoned out or mentally checked out from reality, like an astronaut drifting through space far from Earth. The chronic daydreamer who is always the last to know what is going on, even when you are talking directly to them.