What does "ohio" mean?
A meme adjective for something weird, cursed, or absurd.
Ohio
/oʊˈhaɪoʊ/ name, slang
name, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A meme adjective for something weird, cursed, or absurd.
- Grammar: ohio is listed as name, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: basin-related, hydrographic, midwestern state, political division.
- Usage evidence: That cafeteria combo is straight ohio.
How to use "ohio"
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Meaning check
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- Is there enough surrounding context to prevent ambiguity?
Source and review context
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Definitions
Slang
- 1 A meme adjective for something weird, cursed, or absurd. slang, gen-alpha, 2020s
"That cafeteria combo is straight ohio."
Proper Noun
- 1 A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
"Mountweazel, the encyclopedia indicates, was born in Bangs, Ohio, in 1942, only to die “at 31 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine.”"
- 2 A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois along state borders and emptying into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
- 3 Ellipsis of Ohio University. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 4 A locale in the United States; named for the state:; A town in New York.
- 5 A locale in the United States; named for the state:; A village in Illinois.
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- 6 A locale in the United States; named for the state:; An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
- 7 A locale in the United States; named for the state:; An unincorporated community in Texas.
- 8 A locale in the United States; named for the state:; A number of townships, listed under Ohio Township.
- 9 A locale in Canada:; A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.
- 10 A locale in Canada:; A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
- 11 A locale in Canada:; A community in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"That cafeteria combo is straight ohio."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ohio"?
Common synonyms include: basin-related, hydrographic, midwestern state, political division, regional, river.
How do you use "ohio" in a sentence?
That cafeteria combo is straight ohio.
How do you pronounce "ohio"?
Pronounced /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/.
Etymology
From Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi꞉yo꞉h (“good river”). The name of the Allegheny river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Ohio, means the same thing in Unami.