seppo

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noun

An American.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

seppo1

nounseppo (plural seppos)

plural seppos

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Seppo.

Seppo2

nounSeppo (plural Seppos)

plural Seppos

  1. AustraliaslangAn American.
    1 more example

    ‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’ ‘Your first what?’ ‘Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’ ‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’ ‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’ ‘No.’

    2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 17

    Synonyms: septic, American, Statesider, Americunt, Ameritard, septic, United Statesian, United Statian

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Englishseptic tank
  2. Latinō
  3. Old Frenchoh
  4. Middle Englisho
  5. EnglishO
  6. Middle Englisho
  7. Englishoh
  8. EnglishSeppo

From septic tank (rhyming slang for Yank) + -o (colloquialising suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

seppo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seppo

MLA

“seppo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seppo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seppo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seppo.

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