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/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "POH" (as in "port") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
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.
“Give me a straw for the horchata.”
“They don't give out plastic straws anymore, now they're all cardboard.”
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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.
“Give me a straw for the horchata.”
“They don't give out plastic straws anymore, now they're all cardboard.”
Chusmear
To snoop or stick your nose into other people's business. In Argentina and Uruguay, chusmear is practically a national pastime: it happens over WhatsApp group chats, through the window, or by deep-diving into someone's social media. The word carries no serious judgment; it is just what curious, social people do.