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abo noun an Australian Aboriginal AUSTRALIA, 1906 An abbreviation of “aborigine” blended with the “-o” suffix. Now a strongly taboo word, formerly in frequent use by white people, and viewed by them as less marked than other terms such as “boong” or “coon”. It was even used in names for products, businesses, etc.- Abos in this country are still pretty wild, and when a tracker is wanted most times they’re away out beyond, on walkabout. — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 38, 1959
- Funny how the booze gets them abos. — Jean Brooks, The Opal Witch, p. 16, 1967
- Known as Aboriginals (paternally), Abos (patronisingly), boongs (contemptuously), but in white Foolgarah never as people[.] — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 50, 1971
- They were not pleased when I informed them I was going to marry an abo. — Robert Campbell, The Cat’s Meow, p. 88, 1988
- You think these abos have got the legs for another story? — Harrison Biscuit, The Search for Savage Henry, p. 67, 1995
- “You a dago or an Abo?” the gang’s leading intellectual shouted. — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 98, 1998
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