friendo

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noun

Term of address.

OriginEnglish oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh →
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Meanings

nounfriendo (plural friendos)

plural friendos

  1. slanguncommonTerm of address.

    “I'm about to close, friend-o. Anything quick I can rustle you... up?” “Uh, one human alcohol beer, please.” “Coming right up. One human alcohol beer it is.”

    2020 May 13, Stefani Robinson, “On the Run” (14:07 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 6, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry)
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    “You got a name, Friendo?” The Howler was crouched in the corner of his cell furthest from me. He was tensed and spidered, and I was certain he would leap for the opposite corner if I tried to get any nearer to him.

    2016, Jeff Somers, The Shattered Gears Omnibus, page 28

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  3. Proto-Germanic*frijōną
  4. Proto-Germanic*frijōndz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*friund
  6. Old Englishfrēond
  7. Middle Englishfrend
  8. Englishfriend
  9. Latinō
  10. Old Frenchoh
  11. Middle Englisho
  12. EnglishO
  13. Middle Englisho
  14. Englishoh
  15. Englishfriendo

From friend + -o.

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Cite this entry
APA

friendo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendo

MLA

“friendo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “friendo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendo.

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