Meanings
seppo1
Seppo2
plural Seppos
- 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 17Synonyms: septic, American, Statesider, Americunt, Ameritard, septic, United Statesian, United Statian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn American.
Origin
- Englishseptic tank
- Latinō
- Old Frenchoh
- Middle Englisho
- EnglishO
- Middle Englisho
- Englishoh
- EnglishSeppo
From septic tank (rhyming slang for Yank) + -o (colloquialising suffix).
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seppo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seppo
“seppo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seppo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seppo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seppo.
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