"-spo" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [English]

IPA: /-spəʊ/ [UK], /-spoʊ/ [US]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -spo, {{en-suffix}} -spo
  1. (informal) Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal. Tags: informal, morpheme
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  "etymology_text": "From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-spo",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-spo",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, →ISBN:",
          "text": "By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse on what bodies are aspirational.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Laura Thomas, Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food, Boxtree, →ISBN:",
          "text": "For a lot of people, their social media feeds have disproportionate levels of fitspo or healthspo; they're not reflective of our overall interests.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Pixie Turner, The Insta-Food Diet: How Social Media has Shaped the Way We Eat, Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Searches for #proana, #thinspiration, or #bonespo (used for 'inspiring' images of people with visible bones) won't show any results at all, even though the tags are still widely in use.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal."
      ],
      "id": "en--spo-en-suffix-t4~9n9yp",
      "links": [
        [
          "social media",
          "social media#English"
        ],
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-spəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-spoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-spo"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-spo",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-spo",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English suffixes",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊ",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊ/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, →ISBN:",
          "text": "By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse on what bodies are aspirational.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Laura Thomas, Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food, Boxtree, →ISBN:",
          "text": "For a lot of people, their social media feeds have disproportionate levels of fitspo or healthspo; they're not reflective of our overall interests.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Pixie Turner, The Insta-Food Diet: How Social Media has Shaped the Way We Eat, Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Searches for #proana, #thinspiration, or #bonespo (used for 'inspiring' images of people with visible bones) won't show any results at all, even though the tags are still widely in use.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "social media",
          "social media#English"
        ],
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-spəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-spoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-spo"
}

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