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Bandera de México

/Sounds like "poh" (as in "pole") + "POH" (as in "pole") + "teh" (as in "ten" without "n")/

A drinking straw, that little tube you stick in your glass to sip. In Mexico it's the default word for straw, and now the eco-friendly cardboard ones are replacing the plastic originals.

Example

"Give me a straw for the horchata."

"They don't give out plastic straws anymore, now they're all cardboard."

Regional synonyms:

Intensificador que significa muchísimo, en exceso. En Argentina y Uruguay se agrega a cualquier adjetivo para llevarlo al extremo: frío a cagarse, lejos a cagarse.