(slang) A person who is stingy, a miser.
i use a rolling ball pen that's only slightly bleedier than a cheapo crystal Bic so i might be good either way🤔
Nice job this aft on snagging some super cheapo CDs and done my bit ready for some #MusicSky #WeekendSingles action… I’ve been MIA for several weeks now
(slang) A person who is stingy, a miser.
The better half's Lupo was transformed when the cheap and nasty Nankang ditchfinders came off (and they were well above the legal limit) and mid-price Kumhos went on. The cheapos compromise on grip and can become noisy.
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(slang) Inexpensive and of poor quality.
They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.
“i use a rolling ball pen that's only slightly bleedier than a cheapo crystal Bic so i might be good either way🤔”
“Nice job this aft on snagging some super cheapo CDs and done my bit ready for some #MusicSky #WeekendSingles action… I’ve been MIA for several weeks now”
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(slang) Something produced and sold for low cost.
The better half's Lupo was transformed when the cheap and nasty Nankang ditchfinders came off (and they were well above the legal limit) and mid-price Kumhos went on. The cheapos compromise on grip and can become noisy.
"cheapo" means: Something produced and sold for low cost.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"cheapo" means: Something produced and sold for low cost.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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