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/Sounds like the English word "no" (same pronunciation) + "POHS" (as in "port") + "WOHW"/

Meaning

A Mexican expression of ironic resignation when something absurd or outrageous happens and there is nothing left to do but accept it. Popularized as a meme around 2015, "no pos wow" is not anger, it is that deadpan stunned acceptance when reality once again exceeds reasonable limits.

Examples

The flight arrived four hours late? No pos wow.

They told me the paperwork takes six months to process. No pos wow, of course it does.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Paila

A roundabout: a circular intersection where cars drive around a central island to change direction. In Argentina, Chile, Spain, Peru, and Uruguay it is the standard word for this layout. The eternal source of confusion about who actually has the right of way.