Elmo
name, noun, phrase ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A document camera.
"Someone had to tell me when the paper was positioned correctly under the elmo (document camera)."
- 1 Initialism of enough, let's move on. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 A male given name from Italian.
"MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington."
- 2 A city in Missouri.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Texas.
- 4 A town in Utah.
- 5 An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
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- 6 A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. derogatory, humorous
"Twitter was far from perfect before Elmo happened to it but it’s a total shitshow now!"
Example
More examples"MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington."
Etymology
From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar. * By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.
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