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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "hoh" (as in "hope") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

In Mexico, tejocote refers to a small, hard, and sour winter fruit typically found during the Christmas season. However, colloquially, someone who is tejocote is stubborn, difficult to convince, and refuses to give in to anything.

Examples

The tejocotes in the posada punch are the best.

That client is a tejocote, there's no way to convince him.

Regional synonyms

When nothing goes your way and it feels like the universe has a personal grudge against you. In Mexico and Spain, the image is religious: your patron saint has literally turned their back on you, leaving you to fend for yourself against an endless streak of bad luck.