Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W12Como ratón al queso
Like a mouse to cheese: people who circle the offer, angle for favors, and rarely refill the favor bank. Mind what you hand out.
Por-Estas-Calles
How Venezuelan sayings move in English along these streets.
Street Wisdom on the series line, ArepaContigo in the tag set, a cultural stopwatch, and exporting back while history runs its course.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W11Dios los cría y ellos se juntan
God makes them, then they find each other: street shorthand for birds of a feather, often with a skeptical wink.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W10Más apretados que sardina en lata.
Packed tighter than sardines in a tin: Venezuelan shorthand for no room left to move.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W9No seas jala bolas.
No seas jala bolas. A blunt Venezuelan warning against bootlicking and curry favor games.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W8Se juntaron los mochos pa’ rascarse!
Se juntaron los mochos pa’ rascarse! When the usual suspects meet, the shared vice is the plan.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W7Vas a ver al diablo bailando en tanga
Vas a ver al diablo bailando en tanga. When it goes spectacularly wrong, you brace for the total circus.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W6Con más hambre que un piojo en un peluche
Con más hambre que un piojo en un peluche. When you’re starving, you reach for an absurd image to say it.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W5Te va a pisar una rueda de tomate
Te va a pisar una rueda de tomate. A warning for a minor, absurd mishap, or a quiet gotcha when your trick gets spotted.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W4Ecolecúa!
Ecolecúa! A Venezuelan aha moment, when the reveal lands and it finally clicks.
Cognitive-Memetics · Por-Estas-Calles
W3Más prendido que tabaco de brujo
Más prendido que tabaco de brujo. When you’re on fire, you are buzzing with a heat that will not quit.