Definitions tagged behind-behind in the street dictionary.
A derogatory term for any activity involving two or more poor people where they think they are having a good time or exercising their rights. These events are fueled by alcohol and inevitably end in a fight or a brawl between participants.
Examples: Political Pobrada: A protest by a small opposition party. Festive Pobrada: A street party in a poor neighborhood (barrio, which in the Dominican Republic usually refers to a low-income slum).
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Someone who is completely clueless or out of the loop. They act as if they are on another planet and never know what is happening around them.
Neno is an insipido because, just like a cheap watch, he is always lagging behind.
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A bottom-feeder or a loser who is always at the very bottom of the social ladder, typically describing a bum or someone who follows others hoping for handouts (refers to low-level drug users who inhale from jars).
Get lost, you Sopla Pote, go try to get it on credit somewhere else.
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A person who is always lagging behind others or is out of the loop. (The term refers to a car exhaust muffler, which is positioned at the rear and bottom of the vehicle).
You are just like the Mofle: trailing behind, down low, and dirty.
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Someone who is down and out, completely broke, or totally out of the loop. (Literally a gum-chewer, implying the person is just idling or has nothing better to eat.)
Look at that poor infeliz maca chicle. He is in a worse spot than a beggar.
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You are in a bad spot, specifically when you are broke or lagging behind everyone else (referencing a car muffler, which is located at the back of the vehicle, low to the ground, and always dirty).
When you are dead last and do not have a cent to your name, you are Estas Como el Mofle.
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