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Meaning of toma, jeroma, pastillas de goma by ChiKleR




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Although I am unsure as to the origin of the expression, it was pretty famous when I was a kid (born in 2000). It was used as an extension of the expression "¡Toma!", to overexaggerate it (just that), which in itself has several meanings. That was several decades later after the expression was coined, so it probably had changed meanings. I'd like to add a clarification to Chean Martínez's comment that drugs were not only indulged in Spain after the civil war was over; they were promoted by the government, the police had orders not to act against them, and the younger generations suffered greatly because of this. Meanwhile, the population had enough problems on their hands to think about the political issues at hand. Obviously, this was never admitted and is silenced, but you can speak to people of the time and they will tell you similar stories. I've heard of this through profound chatting; this information I haven't found on the internet, as it is highly censored and has also been forgotten in time. Also, "alucina" doesn't translate as "hallucinate" in these idioms. Imagine you have the same idiom in English, and someone says "I'm hallucinating"; that would mean they are either surprised by something (in a good or bad way), awestruck, or in love with (a person or thing). Which, by the way, has a synonym (that also means hallucinate), "flipar", and is used as the same idiom.
Used in Spain as well Used in Spain as well

"¡Toma Jeroma, pastillas de goma, me ha caído el gordo de la lotería navideña!"

  

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