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Add a word/Sounds like the English word "trigger" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
Meaning
To provoke an intense emotional reaction in someone, usually negative, by hitting a sensitive nerve. It's activating, intentionally or not, that internal button that sets off a strong, uncontrollable response.
Examples
“That comment triggered me bad.”
“Don't trigger him, you know how he gets.”
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/Sounds like the English word "trigger" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
Meaning
To provoke an intense emotional reaction in someone, usually negative, by hitting a sensitive nerve. It's activating, intentionally or not, that internal button that sets off a strong, uncontrollable response.
Examples
“That comment triggered me bad.”
“Don't trigger him, you know how he gets.”
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Le cayó el veinte
The penny finally dropped: someone finally understood something that had been going over their head. The image comes from old Mexican pay phones where you dropped a 20-cent coin ("el veinte") to make the connection. Used both sincerely when someone genuinely figures something out, and sarcastically when they took way too long.