"abo" meaning in English

See abo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæb.əʉ/ [General-Australian], /ˈæb.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈæb.oʊ/ [US] Audio: en-au-abo.ogg Forms: more abo [comparative], most abo [superlative], Abo [alternative]
enPR: ă'bō [General-Australian], ă'bō [UK], ă'bō [US] Rhymes: -æbəʊ Etymology: 1922, clipping of aborigine. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|aborigine|nocap=1}} clipping of aborigine Head templates: {{en-adj}} abo (comparative more abo, superlative most abo)
  1. (derogatory) Australian Aboriginal. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-abo-en-adj-Vh-JgrtD Categories (other): Pages with 29 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 29 entries: 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 8 3 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 3 4 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27

Noun

IPA: /ˈæb.əʉ/ [General-Australian], /ˈæb.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈæb.oʊ/ [US] Audio: en-au-abo.ogg Forms: abos [plural], Abo [alternative]
enPR: ă'bō [General-Australian], ă'bō [UK], ă'bō [US] Rhymes: -æbəʊ Etymology: 1922, clipping of aborigine. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|aborigine|nocap=1}} clipping of aborigine Head templates: {{en-noun}} abo (plural abos)
  1. (Australia, offensive, ethnic slur, slang) An Aboriginal person. Tags: Australia, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Synonyms: boong, coon, Jacky
    Sense id: en-abo-en-noun-lVy0ahJY Categories (other): Australian English, English ethnic slurs, English 3-letter words Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 36 64

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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