elmo
/ˈɛlmoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.02 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Initialism of enough, let's move on.
name
A male given name from Italian.
name
An unincorporated community in Texas.
name
noun
Example Sentences
- "MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington."
- "Twitter was far from perfect before Elmo happened to it but it’s a total shitshow now!"
- "It is certainly conceivable that Elmo’s ragtag of leftover desperate engineers put out a feature without properly testing it. 😂"
- "Incredible how low Twitter has sunk since Elmo fired the grownups."
- "Someone had to tell me when the paper was positioned correctly under the elmo (document camera)."
- "Students bring their math work under the Elmo to share with other students to discuss their thoughts."
Etymology
From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar. * By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛlmoʊ/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Elmos (plural)