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Certain people aren't even aware that this word exists, and they can't fathom its existence.
In Serbia inner circle it can also be used as a slang synonym for minimum wage ($500).
Certain people aren't even aware that this word exists, and they can't fathom its existence.
In Serbia inner circle it can also be used as a slang synonym for minimum wage ($500).
by stralex15 July 7, 2025
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Plata o plomo is a Colombian Spanish slang phrase that translates to “silver or lead.” A person saying the phrase is telling the listener to either accept a bribe (plata, meaning “silver,” a common slang term for money in Colombia) or lose their life (plomo, a metonym for “lead bullet”).
Oye! Plata o plomo pandejo.
"Listen here sucker, play along or its lights out".
Silver or lead: money or a bullet.
Or, in the words of the Godfather: “I’m going to make you an offer you can’t refuse
"Listen here sucker, play along or its lights out".
Silver or lead: money or a bullet.
Or, in the words of the Godfather: “I’m going to make you an offer you can’t refuse
by andrei skorobogatko November 16, 2018
Get the plata o plomo mug.Silver or lead. Give me your money or get shot. Also used by the Cartel to extort important people into accepting bribes.
Silver = something valuable
Lead = bullets
Silver = something valuable
Lead = bullets
“¡Plata o plomo!” - give me your money or get shot
“¿Plata o plomo?” - take the bribe or take a bullet
“¿Plata o plomo?” - take the bribe or take a bullet
by kadoodles April 27, 2019
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by LA AC October 11, 2010
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We have all the crime of D.C. with all the racism and rednecks of the deep South.
We have all the crime of D.C. with all the racism and rednecks of the deep South.
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