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/Sounds like "PLOO" (as in "plume") + "mah" (as in "mark")/

Meaning

A pen (ballpoint), the Mexican word for what Spain calls a "boli." The object most likely to be borrowed and never returned, and guaranteed to vanish the moment you need to sign something important. Used across Mexico for any ink writing instrument.

Examples

Lend me a pen, I need to sign something here.

My pen ran out of ink right in the middle of the exam.

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Regional synonyms

An apartment or flat inside a building in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean. It's the same thing as 'departamento' in Mexico, different word, same concept of vertical living.