a tool that every filipino parent uses on their child. one hit can kill you. but can be avoided by putting cardboard above your ass when your filipino parent hits you.
pinoy 1: oh my god bro, my mom just hit me so hard with her tsinelas.
pinoy 2: goodluck with that bro, i will pray for your speedy recovery.
(Pronounced: chee neh las) The Filipino version of la chancla used by Filipino moms to threaten their child and beats the shit out of their children if they show signs of misbehaviour, or some shit. It usually gives little children PTSD.
Mother: YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR LAUNDRY? GET OVER HERE AND TAKE ANG TSINELAS.
Son: Ah shit, here we go again.
The child now has PTSD because his ass got spanked by ang tsinelas.
Someone or something that bites your ankles.
To a postman, an ankle biter is often known as a dog.
To an adult, an ankle biter may be a toddler.
To hikers, an ankle biter is sometimes a tick.
And so on.
When a man will search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"