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/Sounds like "ploh" (as in "plow") + "MAH" (as in "mark") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

In Argentina and Uruguay, an intensely boring or draining person or situation that wears everyone out. The "plomazo" is the turbo version of a bore, so heavy you want to run away.

Examples

The talk was a total bore, I wanted to leave after ten minutes.

Your cousin is insufferable, he won't stop talking about the same thing.

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Regional synonyms

A complicated mess where multiple problems are tangled together with no quick solution. In Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras the image of a rotten stew is applied to scandals, debt spirals, or workplace conflicts nobody wants to touch.