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/Sounds like "LAH" (as in "lava") + "OOL" (as in "Uber") + "tee" (as in "tea") + "mah" (as in "mark") + "choo" (as in "choose") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "dah" (as in "dart") + "DEHL" (as in "debt") + "MAHN" (as in "mark") + "goh" (as in "go")/

Meaning

A purely Costa Rican expression for something or someone at the absolute peak of its category: the very best, nothing tops it. The image comes from a ripe mango where that final suck of the pit concentrates all the sweetness and there is nothing left after it. Used sincerely to praise something amazing, or sarcastically for someone who acts like they are better than everyone else.

Examples

That new car he bought is top of the line, nothing else in the neighborhood comes close.

Saturday's party was peak, everyone is still talking about it.

Regional synonyms

In Chile, to be publicly called out or exposed on social media for bad behavior. When someone se funa, the internet piles on and spreads what they did so everyone knows.