It's something you never get.
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).
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”).