saddo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of saddo
C20: from sad (sense 4) + -o
Example Sentences
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You look a total wally if you dance too early, but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don’t.
From Literature
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Part of MacDonald’s tough humor derived from her credence in her family’s much-repeated motto, “Don’t be a saddo.”
From Seattle Times
Can you please tell him that wearing it when he does his morning jog makes him look a proper saddo keenster?
From The Guardian
Moreover, your objection to the Team GB kit is not on aesthetic grounds – which, to a certain extent, I would understand – but that you feel it makes your paramour look like "a saddo keenster."
From The Guardian
Therefore, it strikes me as absolutely correct to be a keenster – and there's nothing saddo about it.
From The Guardian
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