Elmo

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlmoʊ/

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Elmo

1. A male given name from Italian.
   • 1996 Chay Yew, A Language of Their Own, Two Plays, Grove/Atlantic Inc.:

     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.

2. A city in Missouri.
3. An unincorporated community in Texas.
4. A town in Utah.
5. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
6. (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) (derogatory or humorous) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

   Synonyms: Apartheid Clyde, Elno, Elongated Muskrat, Phony Stark, Space Karen

   • 2022 December 12, marie_cast (@[email protected]), Mastodon‎^[1]:

     Twitter was far from perfect before Elmo happened to it but it’s a total shitshow now!

   • 2023 February 8, Jim Stewartson (@[email protected]), Mastodon‎^[2]:

     It is certainly conceivable that Elmo’s ragtag of leftover desperate engineers put out a feature without properly testing it. 😂

   • 2023 March 19, Alice (@[email protected]), Mastodon‎^[3]:

     Incredible how low Twitter has sunk since Elmo fired the grownups.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Elmo.

• St. Elmo's fire

Elmo (plural Elmos)

1. (education, law, genericized trademark) A document camera.
   • 1998 April 21, Joan M. Whitworth, quoting Dr. Kern (pseudonymous), “Looking at Distance Learning through Both Ends of the Camera”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4], ERIC:

     Someone had to tell me when the paper was positioned correctly under the elmo (document camera).

   • 2009, Kate Popejoy, “New Outcomes: Learning Improvement in Mathematics Integrating Technology - NO LIMIT! An Enhancing Education through Technology Project. Final Report: Years Five and Six (2005-2007)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[5], ERIC:

     Students bring their math work under the Elmo to share with other students to discuss their thoughts.

   • 2011, Sally A. Spencer, “Universal Design for Learning: Assistance for Teachers in Today's Inclusive Classrooms”, in Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning‎^[6], ERIC:

     The teacher can ask students to categorize the new information on the graphic organizer as they go through the text and the video, and then model this activity on an Elmo or overhead projector during the lesson, thus providing another means of visual support

   • 2010s, “Presenting Evidence”, in Clerk Services‎^[7], United States District Court for the Central District of California:

     Courtrooms in the United States District Court for the Central District of California have DVD/VCR equipment and an Electronic Evidence Presenter (sometimes referred to as an "ELMO") for attorneys to use when presenting evidence at trial or evidentiary hearings.

   • 2015 September 8, Robert Hilson, John Facciola, “Judge Facciola: I'm not in the business of supporting an industry”, in Logikcull‎^[8], Logik:

     You know, in the courtroom, I used to have a little ELMO (an electronic evidence presenter) machine and there is absolutely nothing simpler than ELMO-ing. You put in the piece of paper and hit a button and the image is projected. But I can't tell you how many lawyers approached the ELMO as if they were approaching a cobra!

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Elmo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

Ultimately from Italian [Term?]. See English Elmo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈelmo/, [ˈe̞lmo̞]
• Rhymes: -elmo
• Syllabification^(key): El‧mo
• Hyphenation^(key): El‧mo

Elmo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo

• Elmo is the 273^rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,710 male individuals (and as a middle name to 445 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Elmo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elmo