What Does This Mean?
A man who spends money, time, and emotional effort on a woman he's romantically interested in, without her reciprocating or even acknowledging the romantic intent — buying her drinks and favors while permanently stuck in the "nice guy friend" zone.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Le paga todo y ella ni lo mira, es un pagafantas total."
LORE & ORIGIN
Spanish internet term literally meaning "soda-payer" (from paying for someone's fantas, a soda brand), that spread through internet forums from the mid-2000s describing this specific unrequited-romantic-investment archetype, later cemented further by a 2009 Spanish film of the same name.
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