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Tag: internet

Definitions tagged internet in the street dictionary.

webear

To surf the internet aimlessly or waste time online. The word is a play on the slang huevear, which means to slack off or do nothing (the Argentine expression hacer huevo means to be idle).

- What are you up to? - Just here, webeando on the computer.

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Argentinaby DiegoEFE

CANTV

The national telephone and internet company in Venezuela (widely associated with poor service and slow connectivity).

CANTV is useless; CANTV is shit.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Real

Originally used by urban music artists to mean authentic and honest, this term became a widespread social media trend. Due to its overuse, it now often carries a tone of irony or pretense, usually describing someone who is trying too hard to seem genuine (urban music in the Dominican Republic, such as dembow, heavily influences local slang).

your Real high-status hottie, no faking, yeah

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República Dominicanaby Individuo

Taringuero

A frequent user of the Argentine social media platform Taringa. (Taringa was a massively popular online community and forum site in Argentina, similar to a local version of Reddit).

Dario is a taringuero.

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Argentinaby Anónimo

Angulo Facebook

A high-angle selfie taken by holding the camera above and looking down, which often creates a distorted look. The name refers to how common this pose was on social networks like Facebook and MySpace during their early years.

One of their eyes looks bigger than the other, that is just an Angulo Facebook.

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República Dominicanaby Individuo

Impacto Deportivo

A multi-platform sports media franchise including TV, radio, and web outlets, as well as a newspaper column, headed by Dominican journalist Franklin Mirabal. It originated in the late 1990s as a late-night NBA highlight show and eventually expanded into a comprehensive sports news brand, taking its final name from Mirabal's column in the newspaper Hoy.

(Chorus) This program is live, this program is live, this program is live.

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República Dominicanaby Individuo

Codetel

The primary telecommunications provider in the Dominican Republic (this company was eventually rebranded as Claro, which is also the Spanish word for 'of course').

- That is great, you are also with CODETEL. - CLARO.

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo

Youtubiando

Watching videos on YouTube (This is a common Spanglish term used in the U.S. that adapts the English brand name into a Spanish verb).

- Kid, turn off that computer already! You've been on it for over three hours, what are you doing all this time? - Nah man, I'm just Youtubiando.

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Estados Unidosby Anónimo

Fuente

It refers to the origin, word, or information from which you are obtaining something.

You can take a concept from a book and put fuente and the name of the book under that information.

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Boliviaby Anónimo