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lame-o

lame-o is the alternative form of lameo.

Meaning of lameo

Noun

lameo (plural lameos)

  1. (slang) A lame person; someone who is worthless or a loser.
    • I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school. What a lame-o. Someone really should just put him out of his misery.1999, Alan Ball, American Beauty (motion picture), spoken by Jane Burnham (Thora Birch)

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Forms of lame-o

Noun
plurallame-os
Adjective
comparativemore lame-o
superlativemost lame-o

Origin of lame-o

From lame + -o.

Questions about lame-o

What is lame-o the alternative form of?
Lame-o is the alternative form of lameo.

Words near lame-o in the dictionary

  1. lame-brains
  2. lame-duck
  3. lame-ducks
  4. lame-head
  5. lame-heads
  6. lame-o
  7. lame-os
  8. lame-stream
  9. lameass
  10. lameasses
  11. lamebrain

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