de Taubaté*

* from Taubaté

Portuguese Brazil

Expression USED On Occasion BY Young People

Something "from Taubaté" is something fake. The expression became popular after a woman, who became famous for being pregnant with quadruplets and giving lots of interviews to famous TV hosts asking for donations, was discovered to be a fraud. She wore a fake pregnant belly, and not even her husband knew that it was a lie.

A Denise nem chegou a se formar, o diploma dela é de Taubaté.

Denise didn't even graduate, her diploma is from Taubaté.