neo

plural neos

1. abbreviationclippingdatedslanglifestyleClipping of neofan.

   This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.

   1976 August 25, Ian Maule, Checkpoint, number 72

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   Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.

   1964 April 2, Bennett Ron, Skyrack, number 65

   Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.

   1996 November 3, Richard J. Faulder, Gegenschein, number 80

2. abbreviationclippinggovernmentClipping of neoconservative.

   The neos seem to be no less uncomfortable with the paleos than the paleos are with the neos, […]

   1994, Samuel Francis, Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism, page 180

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   Some say the neos are good for what ails us on both foreign and domestic fronts, while others are quick to debate that.

   2008, Ben J. Wattenberg, Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism, page 6

3. abbreviationclippingin pluralLGBTQ slangClipping of neopronoun.
4. abbreviationclippingClipping of neodymium.

   The most important application of dysprosium and terbium, which belong to a subgroup known as the heavy rare earths, is in devices called neodymium boron magnets, or neo magnets for short.

   2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025

1. aeronauticsAlternative letter-case form of NEO.

plural NEOs · alternative N.E.O. · alternative N. E. O. · alternative neo

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismastronomyInitialism of near-Earth object.

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   Near-Earth objects (NEOs) that follow horseshoe paths, and approach our planet at close range and low relative velocity, may undergo mini-moon events in which their geocentric energy becomes negative for hours, days or months, but without completing one revolution around Earth while bound. An example of NEO experiencing such a temporarily captured flyby is 2022 NX₁, which was a short-lived mini-moon in 1981 and 2022.

   2024 September, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, “A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT₅ Captured by Earth from September to November”, in Research Notes of the AAS, American Astronomical Society, →DOI

2. abbreviationacronymcountableuncountableaeronauticsAcronym of new engine option.

1. A unisex given name originating as a coinage.

   Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis Ross of Cincinnati, Ohio are the parents of a daughter, Neo Cao, born Oct. 13 at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

   2015 November 1, “[Births] Neo Cao Ross”, in The Gleaner, Henderson, Ky., →OCLC, page 4C, column 1

1. A surname.

1. An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets.

1. uncountableAn international auxiliary language created by Arturo Alfandari in 1961, combining features of Esperanto, Ido, Novial, and Volapük.