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paipo

paipo noun: any prone-ridden surf-craft that is neither an inflatable mat nor a traditional finless soft bodyboard.

Noun

paipo

  1. Any prone-ridden surf-craft that is neither an inflatable mat nor a traditional finless soft bodyboard.

Origin of paipo

Coined by the surfer Wallace Froiseth, possibly misheard or misspelled from Hawaiian pae + poʻo.

Questions about paipo

What does paipo mean?
Paipo means any prone-ridden surf-craft that is neither an inflatable mat nor a traditional finless soft bodyboard.
What part of speech is paipo?
Paipo is a noun.

Words near paipo in the dictionary

  1. painty
  2. painy
  3. paiock
  4. paiocke
  5. Paipai
  6. paipo
  7. pair
  8. pair and share
  9. pair and shares
  10. pair bond
  11. pair bonding

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