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/Sounds like "meh" (as in "met") + "roh" (as in "row") + "LEE" (as in "lead") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

A street vendor with the gift of gab who sets up on sidewalks or in markets and talks non-stop to sell miracle cures, gadgets, or cheap trinkets. In Mexico, the merolico is part huckster, part entertainer, and always a spectacle. The original live-and-in-person influencer.

Examples

The merolico at the market sells pills for everything and always has an audience.

You talk like a merolico, close your mouth for a second.

Regional synonyms

A floor rag used for scrubbing the floor by hand in Argentina and Uruguay, no mop handle, just knees on the ground and elbow grease. The standard term for what other countries call a fregona or floor cloth.