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/Sounds like "lah" (as in "lava") + "meh" (as in "met") + "BEE" (as in "bee") + "choh" (as in "chose")/

Meaning

A servile, overly flattering person who does whatever the boss commands just to get in their good graces. The Central American version of the suck-up, raw and unfiltered.

Examples

That suck-up applauds even the director's mistakes.

Don't be a yes-man, say what you think.

A group of friends or a crew in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Among young people it simply means your close friend group. The same word, however, is also associated with organized street gangs, so context completely changes the meaning.