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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

In Peru, a brown-noser or sycophant who flatters the boss or whoever is useful to them, purely to earn favors. An escobero sweeps the floor for personal gain.

Examples

He's a total suck-up, always praising the boss hoping for a promotion.

Don't be a brown-noser, just say what you actually think.

Regional synonyms

The endless loop of scrolling through bad news, disasters, and depressing content even though it makes you feel worse with every post. Doomscrolling is the digital-age habit that keeps you glued to your phone at midnight reading about everything going wrong in the world, knowing you should stop but unable to.