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El cheapo

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality. not-comparable, slang

    "I only had five bucks, so I bought the el cheapo headphones."

Noun
  1. 1
    A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy. capitalized, often, slang

    "Don't expect a big tip from El Cheapo over there."

  2. 2
    A person who is stingy; a miser. slang

    "He's such an el cheapo that his wallet hasn't been opened for days."

  3. 3
    On the game show The Price Is Right, used in reference to the lowest two-digit number on a board of (initially) nine numbers in the pricing game Money Game. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).

Etymology 2

From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).

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