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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LOH" (as in "loan") + "lyes" (as in "lie")/

Meaning

A privileged, upper-class person who carries a noticeable air of superiority over people from lower social backgrounds. In Colombia and Venezuela, pelolais describes someone with money and status who acts condescending, as if the rest of the world is simply beneath them. Think country club energy mixed with clueless entitlement.

Examples

Those rich kids toured the neighborhood like it was some exotic destination in their own country.

Don't act all superior with the people you work with.

When something bothers or offends you so much that you react in an exaggerated, disproportionate way. Used to mock someone who gets upset over something insignificant and completely loses their composure.