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/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "seh" (as in "set") + "AHS" (as in "art") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "LAHS" (as in "lava") + "CHAHN" (as in "chat") + "klahs" (as in "clap")/

Meaning

To get absolutely wasted to an extreme level, reaching a state where you control nothing and remember nothing the next day. It's the peak of Mexican drunkenness.

Examples

He got hasta las chanclas on New Year's and slept on the floor.

Don't get hasta las chanclas, there's a meeting tomorrow.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Empedado

In Mexico, to mentally exhaust yourself trying to solve a problem until your brain just gives out with nothing to show for it. The image is a lightbulb that has burned out: it used to illuminate things, now it is just dark.