Abo

//ˈæb.əʉ// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Aboriginal person. Australia, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of abo alt-of

    "He said the government should put the Abos to work and he would write a letter to every politician this side of the black stump telling them exactly that."

  3. 3
    The most important blood type classification system for human blood transfusions. uncountable
  4. 4
    a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Australian Aboriginal. derogatory

Synonyms

All synonyms
boongboongcoonginjackyjacky

Example

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"He said the government should put the Abos to work and he would write a letter to every politician this side of the black stump telling them exactly that."

Etymology

1922, clipping of aborigine.

Related phrases

ABO groupABO system

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