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/Sounds like "meh" (as in "met") + "teh" (as in "ten") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "tahs" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

In Spain, a chronic foot-in-mouth specialist who consistently says or does exactly the wrong thing at the worst possible moment, not out of malice, just a near-supernatural talent for social mishaps. Unlike a one-time blunderer, the metepatas operates on a reliable and predictable pattern.

Examples

Do not invite him, he is a walking social disaster who always causes trouble without meaning to.

The group blunderer ruined the surprise by blurting everything out ahead of time.

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Bandera de Argentina
Plomero

The obsession with maximizing physical attractiveness through routines, diets, facial exercises, or procedures, popularized on forums and TikTok. An extreme pursuit of improving one's appearance that became a whole subculture.