Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-spo

/-spoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: -spo
IPA: /-spoʊ/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.

Informal

Example Sentences

"By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse on what bodies are aspirational."
"For a lot of people, their social media feeds have disproportionate levels of fitspo or healthspo; they're not reflective of our overall interests."
"Searches for #proana, #thinspiration, or #bonespo (used for 'inspiring' images of people with visible bones) won't show any results at all, even though the tags are still widely in use."

Etymology

From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /-spoʊ/
British English: /-spəʊ/

Usage

Informal

Rhymes With

i don't know o o' hell if i know opinion show mo' get in the boat and row 'ho sleepy joe y'know château web 2.0

Questions

How do you pronounce -spo?: The recorded pronunciation is /-spoʊ/.
What does -spo mean?: Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.
Where does -spo come from?: From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.

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