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/Sounds like "MAHM" (as in "mark") + "boh" (as in "boat")/
A mental mess, worry, or emotional tangle spinning in your head. In Argentina, tener un mambo means you're caught up in a preoccupation or emotional knot that's hard to shake.
“He's been in a total mambo since the breakup.”
“Don't spiral over something that hasn't even happened yet.”
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/Sounds like "MAHM" (as in "mark") + "boh" (as in "boat")/
A mental mess, worry, or emotional tangle spinning in your head. In Argentina, tener un mambo means you're caught up in a preoccupation or emotional knot that's hard to shake.
“He's been in a total mambo since the breakup.”
“Don't spiral over something that hasn't even happened yet.”
Andar en la baba
In Mexico, to be totally zoned out or not paying attention to what is happening around you. The person "en la baba" is mentally elsewhere, in their own world.