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/Sounds like "MEH" (as in "met") + "dyoh" + "PEH" (as in "pet") + "loh" (as in "loan")/
A person or thing of low class, low quality, or no real distinction. In Mexico and Argentina, "de medio pelo" describes anything that fails to meet even the minimum standard of quality or refinement, whether a venue, an event, or a person who just does not measure up.
“That place is really low-rent, find somewhere better for the celebration.”
“She doesn't mix with people she considers beneath her standard, that's just how she is.”
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A person or thing of low class, low quality, or no real distinction. In Mexico and Argentina, "de medio pelo" describes anything that fails to meet even the minimum standard of quality or refinement, whether a venue, an event, or a person who just does not measure up.
“That place is really low-rent, find somewhere better for the celebration.”
“She doesn't mix with people she considers beneath her standard, that's just how she is.”
Porongo
In Uruguay and Argentina, a mild insult for someone acting dumb, clumsy, or without any common sense. The image behind the word is the porongo, a hollow gourd used to drink mate: empty on the inside, nothing going on upstairs.