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/Sounds like "boh" (as in "boat") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "CHOO" (as in "choose") + "poh" (as in "port")/

Meaning

In Colombia, to stop pretending to be young or innocent and let your real age or intentions show. "Chupo" means pacifier, so the image is someone literally dropping the pacifier: you cannot fake being a baby anymore. Used when someone has been trying hard to pass as younger or more naive than they clearly are.

Examples

He finally dropped the act, he is forty and had been dressing like he was twenty this whole time.

Stop playing innocent, you dropped that act a long time ago and everyone knows it.

Regional synonyms

For free, without paying or contributing anything. Used in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile to describe someone who enjoys something at others' expense without pitching in. Comes from "gorrear," meaning to freeload.