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How to Talk to Mexican Taxi Drivers: Slang for Getting Around
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Add a word/Sounds like "NEE" (as in "knee") + "MOH" (as in "more") + "doh" (as in "door")/
Meaning
An expression of resignation when something didn't go your way and there's absolutely nothing left to do about it. It's accepting defeat with the dignity and stoicism that characterizes Mexicans and Central Americans.
Examples
“Tickets sold out, ni modo, next time.”
“No tacos? Ni modo, we'll eat tortas.”
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/Sounds like "NEE" (as in "knee") + "MOH" (as in "more") + "doh" (as in "door")/
Meaning
An expression of resignation when something didn't go your way and there's absolutely nothing left to do about it. It's accepting defeat with the dignity and stoicism that characterizes Mexicans and Central Americans.
Examples
“Tickets sold out, ni modo, next time.”
“No tacos? Ni modo, we'll eat tortas.”
Regional synonyms
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In Spain, to be completely zoned out or mentally checked out from reality, like an astronaut drifting through space far from Earth. The chronic daydreamer who is always the last to know what is going on, even when you are talking directly to them.