A snitch or informant, someone who cannot keep a secret. (Originally used for secret police spies during the Trujillo dictatorship).
1: Don't tell anyone, but so-and-so let a fart out during the meeting yesterday, keep it quiet. 2: Oh, you haven't heard that so-and-so shit himself in the meeting yesterday? You see, the Calie even makes things up that didn't happen.
An acronym used in text and social media that stands for laughing my ass off, used to express that something is funny or that the speaker is laughing at themselves. (Dominican digital slang often adapts English acronyms and Spanglish).
lms at my own shit and if you do not like it, well, whatever.
1. Someone whose computer gets fried or breaks down completely. 2. A poser or braggart, someone who acts like they are the best but is actually useless or full of crap. (In Spain, a fantasma is a show-off who talks big but has no substance).
1. MariCleer had her computer espehtrao. 2. That girl is such an espehtro.
1. A person whose hair looks like total crap. 2. Someone who can't be bothered to brush their hair because they just don't feel like doing it (the spelling reflects 2000s internet slang from Spain used by specific urban subcultures).
1. I can't stand that girl with the pelo moxoh! 2. That weirdo has pelo moxoh because she doesn't give a damn about brushing her hair.
A solid piece of human waste or turd expelled after straining on the toilet (this term is often associated with the Chilean comedian Ernesto Belloni, known for his character Don Che).
You are at a party and your stomach starts twisting, you have to go to the bathroom and free Willy.
A complete airhead, dummy, or scatterbrain. It describes someone who lacks intelligence or social awareness, often talking total nonsense that others ignore. It can refer to a person who tells crude or weak jokes, or someone who is just plain dim-witted and bad at expressing opinions. The term can also be used for a situation or object that is stupid or makes no sense (In the Dominican Republic, while the word literally means bag, it is used here to describe someone who is useless or slow-witted).
Wow, that guy is such a bolsa, he talks so much nonsense I can not stand it. Hahaha, what a bolsa joke. Bolsa, that is not what they are talking about.
A large piece of excrement characterized by having four lumps or balls. (In the Dominican Republic, this is a vulgar and humorous way to describe an unusually large turd).
Juan: Dude, last night I dropped a massive Bitrola. Pedro: What is that? Juan: Oh, a turd with four balls!!
A piece of junk, a mess, or a ridiculous-looking person. It is often defined as a turd with four tassels (a common Dominican insult used to mock someone who looks like a total disaster).
Juan: Man, has anyone ever told you that you look like an embeleco? Pedro: And what the hell is an embeleco?? Juan: A damn turd with four tassels.
A piece of shit with four tassels. It is a vulgar term for something useless, weird, or nonsensical, often used as a sarcastic response to say you are doing nothing.
A: Joan, dude, what are you up to? B: Nothing girl, just here surprised that I shat an Embelesco.
A nonsense word used by parents to mess with kids when they were little. It refers to a turd with a hair roller (the joke relies on the rhyme between Virolo and rolo, the Spanish word for a hair roller).
Dad: Son, I have a Virolo for you. Son: What is that? Dad: A turd with a hair roller.
A piece of shit shaped like a block of canned lunch meat (Jamoneta is a popular brand of canned ham in the Dominican Republic, similar to Spam, known for its rectangular shape).
Damn, check out the one they left in the bathroom, it looks like a Mojoneta!
A person who acts stuck up or pretends to be better and more important than they actually are. It also refers to a pushover who tolerates being disrespected or insulted without standing up for themselves (In the Dominican Republic, the verb privar is used to mean acting like or putting on airs).
That girl acts like a come mierda. Don't let them insult you like that, don't be a come mierda.
1. A person who is exceptionally skilled or talented at a specific activity (similar to calling someone a beast or a pro). 2. A very large piece of excrement.
1. Jordan was a verdugo at basketball. 2. Come see the verdugo Juan left in the toilet. Oh my god.