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big mo

big mo noun: large-scale momentum.

Noun (1)

the big mo

  1. (US, informal) Large-scale momentum.
    • The "Maury" show is, to quote a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, this season's "biggest success story" in syndicated daytime television. The show's ratings are up some 19 percent since last year, and it now occasionally outpoints the popular "Rosie O'Donnell Show" in the same time slot here in...2000 July 16, Jeff Macgregor, “Saving the World, One Sexy Teen at a Time”, in The New York Times
    • "The Big Mo is behind the McCain-Lieberman bill, and the next steps by the White House are still murky," said Representative Jane Harman of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, who attended the White House meeting.2004 September 9, Elisabeth Bumiller, Philip Shenon, “Bush Now Backs Budget Powers in New Spy Post”, in The New York Times

Noun (2) capitalized: Big Mo

the Big Mo

  1. Alternative letter-case form of big mo.

Forms of big mo

alternative formBig Mo

Origin of big mo

Clipping of big momentum. Famously used by George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) during his quest for the Republican nomination to run for president of the United States in 1980.

Questions about big mo

What does big mo mean?
Big mo means large-scale momentum.
What part of speech is big mo?
Big mo is a noun.

Words near big mo in the dictionary

  1. Big Mike
  2. Big Mikes
  3. big mind
  4. big mitt man
  5. big mitt men
  6. big mo
  7. big momma
  8. big mommas
  9. big money
  10. big mood
  11. big moods

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