milo

plural milos

1. UScountableuncountablesorghum

   When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight[…]

   1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday.

   1989, Pat Cadigan, Patterns, Ursus Imprints, →ISBN, page 12

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   Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo. Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?

   2011, Ali Smith, There but for the, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 191

   Inside, professional hatemonger Milo Yiannopoulos is addressing an audience of around 400 people, peppered with bright red baseball caps.

   2017 January 28, Abigail Edge, “Two nights on Milo Yiannopoulos's campus tour: as offensive as you'd imagine”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2017

   Back in 2011, a 9-year-old named Milo Cress found it odd that the restaurants he would go to with his mom in Burlington, Vermont, would automatically serve drinks with a straw, whether or not their customer wanted one.

   2023 August 10, Harvin Bhathal, “Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think.”, in Route Fifty, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2024

2. An English surname originating as a patronymic transferred from the given name.
3. A number of places around the world, including:
   1. A small village in Llanfihangel Aberbythych community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5917).
   2. A village in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Huntington County, Indiana.
   4. A minor city in Warren County, Iowa.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Piscataquis County, Maine.
   6. A village in Vernon County, Missouri.
   7. A town in Yates County, New York.
   8. An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.
   9. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon.
   10. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.

1. MalaysiaSingaporecolloquialuncountableA drink of Milo chocolate.