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orgo

orgo adjective: organic.

Adjective

orgo (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Organic.
    • In the end, "mech" inventions clearly whet financial appetites; the "orgo" approach remains messier and thus riskier as far as investment capital is concerned.2007, Lesley Alexandra Sharp, Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies, →ISBN
    • For lunch...we got orgo pork roast medallions stuffed with sage dressing. Always delicious. Baked orgo spuds...herb and garlic butter. Orgo green beans almond...something or other. And fucking orgo carrots in an orgo honey glaze.2010, Brock Barrack, Touch Wood: A Mitch Milligan Murder Mystery, →ISBN

Noun (1)

orgo (uncountable)

  1. (capitalized, often, university slang) Organic chemistry, usually referring to the subject.
    • Taking orgo and biology at the same time is really gonna blow.2008, Kate Brian, Last Christmas: The Private Prequel, →ISBN, page 222
    • I'm also taking orgo again and a biological anatomy and anthropology class which should also be equally as much fun (orgo maybe not so much, but it should definitely be exciting, to say the least).2009, David Noyd, My Duke Experience: The Memoirs of David Noyd, →ISBN, page 226
    Synonyms:
    O-chem

Noun (2) capitalized: Orgo

Orgo (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of orgo (“organic chemistry”).
    • Orgo is being taught this year by Professor Maitland Jones Jr., a bearded, enthusiastic man who admits he "loves" teaching it.1973 April 23, Brad Swanson, “On The Campus”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 74, page 60
    • One pre-med student said that "the biggest mistake I made was taking Orgo freshman year."2005, Yale Daily News Staff, The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, page 598

Synonyms of orgo

Origin of orgo

From org(anic) + -o.

Questions about orgo

What does orgo mean?
Orgo means organic.
What part of speech is orgo?
Orgo can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near orgo in the dictionary

  1. Orgill
  2. orgillous
  3. Orgills
  4. orging
  5. orgion
  6. orgo
  7. orgone
  8. orgone accumulator
  9. orgone accumulators
  10. orgones
  11. orgonic

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