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spratmo

spratmo noun: news, gossip.

Noun

spratmo (uncountable)

  1. (dated, African-American Vernacular) News, gossip.
    • As early as February 1943, the "spratmo"' around Tuskegee was that the 99th was to be sent to the North African theater. There had been other rumors.1991, J. Alfred Phelps, Chappie: America's first Black four-star general
    • Segregated and unwieldy as the group might be, it was now well established, aggressive, and successful. Morale continued high. Squadron clubs operated in full swing, with drinks, music, and "spratmo" (gossip).1998, Stanley Sandler, Segregated Skies

Examples of spratmo in a sentence

  • What's the latest spratmo about your condition?2002, Charles W. Dryden, Benjamin O Davis, A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, page 229:
  • “Spratmo,” the base grapevine, hummed with reports that the squadron would ship out any day now—or maybe in two months2010, J. Todd Moye, Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, page 97:

Origin of spratmo

Unknown

Questions about spratmo

What does spratmo mean?
Spratmo means news, gossip.
How do you use spratmo in a sentence?
What's the latest spratmo about your condition?
What part of speech is spratmo?
Spratmo is a noun.

Words near spratmo in the dictionary

  1. Spratlings
  2. Spratlins
  3. Spratly Island
  4. Spratly Islands
  5. Spratlys
  6. spratmo
  7. sprats
  8. Spratt
  9. spratted
  10. spratter
  11. spratters

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