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-spo

UK/-spəʊ/US/-spoʊ/

-spo suffix: forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.

Suffix

-spo

  1. (informal) Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.
    • By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse on what bodies are aspirational.2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, →ISBN
    • For a lot of people, their social media feeds have disproportionate levels of fitspo or healthspo; they're not reflective of our overall interests.2018, Laura Thomas, Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food, Boxtree, →ISBN

Origin of -spo

From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.

Words that rhyme with -spo

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Questions about -spo

What does -spo mean?
-spo means forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.
What part of speech is -spo?
-spo is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -spo?
-spo is pronounced /-spəʊ/ (UK).

Words near -spo in the dictionary

  1. -splain
  2. -splained
  3. -splaining
  4. -splains
  5. -sploitation
  6. -spo
  7. -sporous
  8. -sson
  9. -st
  10. -stad
  11. -stan

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