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[ SLANG ][ FORUM_CULTURE ]

Broadly, something large, bulky, or heavy (e.g., a thick book); it can also describe a person who is "torpe" (clumsy) or "tonto" (foolish). Its internet-slang use for a forum "wall of text" post is a specific extension of the "big/bulky" sense, not the word's sole or core meaning.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"He dropped a total tocho explaining his opinion -- five paragraphs nobody asked for."

LORE & ORIGIN

A general colloquial Spanish word predating internet slang, historically applied to bulky written material (notes, papers) and, by extension, to long forum or social-media posts.

FIRST SEEN
1990
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not a dated meme -- an ongoing general colloquialism, applied to internet posts as an extension
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