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/Sounds like "SAH" (as in "salsa") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "LAHR" (as in "lava") + "goh" (as in "go")/

Meaning

In Peru, a man who is completely under his partner's thumb, doing whatever she says and never making his own decisions. Everyone around him can tell he is being controlled.

Examples

He became totally whipped, he doesn't even hang out with us anymore.

Don't be so spineless, make a decision for once.

Regional synonyms

To get into a fight by grabbing each other's hair. In Colombia, Chile, and Ecuador, mechonearse describes that classic brawl where hair goes flying and the whole thing inevitably ends up on social media. From "mechon," a lock of hair.