nemo

[nee-moh]

noun

Radio and Television.

plural

nemos 

1. remote.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nemo¹

1935–40, perhaps < Latin nēmō nobody, reinforced by sound association with remote

Example Sentences

He even gave up the idea of having his own biological kids because at my age, if I were lucky, maybe I have one egg left, we could call Nemo.

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Ellen was one of the biggest names on US TV for 30 years, thanks to her daytime chat show, as well as for her self-titled 1990s sitcom, for hosting the Oscars, Grammys and Emmys, and for voicing Dory in Finding Nemo.

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The character is usually a bit of a madman, and this Nemo — pigheaded, bossy — is not wholly an exception, though he is also a young, smoldering, swashbuckling hero and a man more sinned against than sinning.

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Nemo, whom the professor credits as the mind behind the ship’s engine, has his own use for the Nautilus and executes a hasty escape with a half-random crew of fellow inmates in a deftly staged sequence that borrows heavily from “Indiana Jones,” an inspirational well to which the series returns throughout.

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Sparks obviously will fly between Nemo and Humility — bad sparks, then good sparks, as in an Astaire and Rogers movie — and there are actual sparks from a bad electrical connection Humility works out how to fix.

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