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/Sounds like "reh" (as in "red") + "kahl" (as in "car") + "koo" (as in "cool") + "LAHN" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

An Argentine expression for needing to rethink or change plans on the fly because something did not work out as expected. Borrowed from GPS navigation announcing "recalculating," it became a common phrase for any unexpected setback.

Examples

They told me the bar was closed, so recalculating, let's head somewhere else.

I suddenly lost my job, time to rethink everything.

Regional synonyms

A major screw-up or monumental blunder that's hard to recover from. Used when someone does something so badly that the consequences are inevitable and extremely difficult to overcome, like a catastrophic mistake with long-lasting repercussions.