Since Abo is simply a shortened form of Aborigine or Aboriginal, one could easily think that it is as neutral and inoffensive a term as Aussie is for an Australian. However, Abo is as highly offensive to Australian Aboriginal people as nigger is to African Americans in the United States.
This once quite common word is now completely unacceptable
First recorded in 1905–10; by shortening; see -o
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"Hajj has been the dream of a lifetime for me," Ahmed Abo Seta, 47, told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Sheikh Abo Rayya was walking near the house at the time of the strike, according to Ms Hammoud.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
The BBC cannot independently verify that Mr Abo Taha owned the home.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024
Adam and Ola Abo Sheriah say they make around 150 calls a day to check on siblings, cousins and other relatives trapped in Gaza.Credit...
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
At Abo they found their baggage awaiting them.
From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Successfully converting A or B blood types into ABO universal donor blood can markedly reduce the logistics and costs currently associated with storing four different blood types.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
Red blood cells from blood group O are the only type that can be used by all receiving patients regardless of ABO type.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
Amir, Borys and Oleh founded ABO last August as a record shop.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
Most people know about blood group ABO, with its positives and negatives, but they aren’t the only types.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
The ABO blood groups were discovered in 1900 and 1901 by Karl Landsteiner at the University of Vienna.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
InFLAMES Flagship is a joint initiative between the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Finland.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
The Lahesmaa group is based at Turku Bioscience Centre of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Finland and is part of the InFLAMES Research Flagship.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
The study was conducted in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland and Åbo Akademi University.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
The data used in the study constitutes part of the broader longitudinal research project Student Well-being and Learning in Future Society led by Åbo Akademi University.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
It was really amazing, in the market-place at Åbo, to see the large baskets filled with these little crayfish.
From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
Defending, Jenifer Lahoz Abos, said Ms Smith had a "total emotional dependence" on her partner and was left in a state of psychosis after he was arrested in Barcelona on 7 May 2010.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2012
How long hast thou striven, Abos Tirhán, to destroy me!
From Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental by Tibbitts, Charles John
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