paedo

See also: paedo- and pædo-

English

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Etymology

Clipping of paedophile.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pē'dō, IPA(key): /ˈpiː.dəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -iːdəʊ
  • (General Australian) Rhymes: -ɛdəʊ

Noun

paedo (plural paedos)

  1. (slang, countable) A paedophile.
    Synonym: nonce
    • 2023, Eliza Clark, “Christmas”, in Penance, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, HarperCollins:
      "When I went round he was like ... trying to tell me about the paedo and how he was a great man, like it wasn't national news that the fucker was a paedo."
  2. (British, slang, uncountable) paedophilia.

Adjective

paedo (not comparable)

  1. (British, slang) Paedophile, paedophiliac.

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