Cheapo
[chee-poh] /ˈtʃi poʊ/
adjective, noun, Slang.
1.
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[el chee-poh] /ˌɛl ˈtʃi poʊ/
noun
1.
Slang. .
/ˈtʃiːpəʊ/
adjective, noun (pl) cheapos
1.
(informal) very cheap and possibly shoddy
adjective, noun
cheap
Word Origin
patterned on el Greco, etc.
adj.
1967, from cheap (adj.) + -o.
modifier
: cheapie ripoffs of The Godfather/ Our Tenth Annual Cheapo Guide
noun
Any cheaply made or cheaply sold item: No ticket in town is a cheapie these days/ retreads, ethnic shoes, and Woolworth cheapos/ Wood made this fairly ordinary cheapie a mere year after Glenn or Glenda ( first form 1898+, second 1950s+)
Related Terms
el cheapo
modifier
: Beware of plaid shirts, el cheapo haircuts and candidates who talk r-e-a-l slow
noun phrase
A cheap product; a piece of shoddy merchandise: They bought the El Cheapos and found they didn’t work
[1960s+; probably first applied like El Ropo, to cheap cigars, since many cigars have Spanish names; see el -o, mock-Spanish combining form]
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