co

plural cos · alternative co. · alternative Co · alternative Co.

1. abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of company.

reflexive coself

1. gender neutralnonstandardsingularthird personGender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

   Co consistently does less than cos share of the Community work. 4. Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks [...]

   1983, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: A Documentary Study of Twin Oaks Community

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   At the very least, an individual might have to use different terms to describe coself in a heterosexual context than co uses in a sexual minority context and different terms in a Euro-American cultural context than in other racial and ethnic contexts.

   1996, Beemyn, Brett; Elianon, Mickey, Queer studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Anthology, page 74

   A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co's quarters. Co was a rising Large Game star, her spring was powerful, our gravity flux was low - co's head struck the surface with enough force to kill on impact.

   2004 April 1, Pieira dos Lobos, “Fern's Story two”, in alt.magick.serious (Usenet)

2. gender neutralnonstandardsingularthird personGender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of county.
2. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of commanding officer.
3. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of commissioned officer.
4. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of corrections officer or initialism of correctional officer.
5. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of conscientious objector.
6. abbreviationinitialismlifestyleInitialism of clothing optional.
7. abbreviationinitialismgeographyInitialism of common-offset method.
8. abbreviationcard gamesAbbreviation of cutoff.

1. abbreviationbusinessAbbreviation of cast on.

alternative co · alternative co. · alternative Co.

1. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of company, alternative form of Co..
2. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of county, alternative form of Co..

   Under McGlinchey's leadership, the INLA committed several atrocities and murders during the Troubles, resulting in the Co Derry native's imprisonment both north and south of the border.

   2023 August 1, “Son of slain republicans brings actions”, in The Irish Times, page 4

3. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of cotton.