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Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Venezuela

/me-LO-so/

An overly sweet and cloying person who exaggerates affection to the point of discomfort. In Colombia and Venezuela the meloso lays it on so thick with the sweetness that eventually nobody can stand being around them.

Example

"That guy is so clingy, he's hugging everyone all the time."

"Don't be so overly affectionate, you're scaring people off."

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Recordar que no todo el mundo se deja manipular. Se dice cuando alguien intenta engañar a quien ya lo conoce bien.