-spo

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /-spəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /-spoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

-spo

1. (informal) Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.
   • 2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, →ISBN:

     By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse on what bodies are aspirational.

   • 2018, Laura Thomas, Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food, Boxtree, →ISBN:

     For a lot of people, their social media feeds have disproportionate levels of fitspo or healthspo; they're not reflective of our overall interests.

   • 2020, Pixie Turner, The Insta-Food Diet: How Social Media has Shaped the Way We Eat, Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:

     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.

• sop, ops, Ops, OPS, PSO, POs, OPs, POS, pos, PoS, SOP, /pos, S.O.P.