Wtf ambo? Inspo? Sainsbo?

[Bloopbleep]

I probably am being unreasonable and particularly old/middle aged but wtf is the deal with ending words with bo and po?

I regularly see posts referring to sainsbo (Sainsbury's) and it took me ages to work out wtf they meant. Same with ambo (ambulance) and inspo (inspiration)

I am a very literal person and it takes me ages to decode these bastardisations of words. Do people actually speak like ''tis in real life or is it an online phenomenon? Is this some yummy mummy language (I only see it in places like mn) or am I just not down wit da yoof?

Sambos and ambo are Aussie words for sandwiches and ambulances, when I question the sambos thing they had no idea about any other meaning for it

profbadbride. Yes it is said innocently but when I heard it the first few times I did a mental 'yikes!'

'Going/gone loco' irks me. I know it's a word with a meaning but I don't think it translates well. There's an advert on television at the moment and they say 'loco' and it irritates me.

Thanks ladies. After reading a thread on brexit, another on refugees, and to top it all a thread on the menopause () this thread is what the doctor ordered! Crying from laughter!

I HATE all the food words. Toms, sarnies, pots (yuk!), but also I detest chrimbo and mat leave. There are many others. Had never heard of sambo and Ambo before thank goodness.

I once heard someone refer to a spreadsheet as a 'spreadie'
Vile.

Can some please translate response and Malco into English for me please?

Respo!

the latest mn lingo

were you using 'lingo' (which has been in common parlance for decades) ironically or not?

What is respo?

Hubby, hubs, hubster etc. Especially when prefixed with "the". Makes me feel ill.

Friend of mine goes to Wimbo in June. Presumably to watch tennbo.

For the op who asked, Cray cray is crazy

Just watched Mutiny and they reached Restoration Island and the only guy living there, an Australian, had a sign up calling it 'Resto' made me laugh out loud (see no abbrevo there ha) after this thread!

I hate -
Sanpro - only even seen on mn
Nom nom
Hubby
Sorrynotsorry -
Especially if it is #sorrynotsorry
No need for fucking # anywhere than Twitter

Ambo is Australian, definitely.

Also "ambo" refers to an ambulance driver, not the ambulance itself.

• Sanga and sambo are used for sandwich.
• Avo for avocado.
• Arvo for afternoon (s'arvo for this afternoon)
• Firey (prn. fiery) for a firefighter
• Uni for university
• Rego for registration
• Servo for petrol station/service station
• Tradie for tradesman
• Garbo for garbageman

All used daily.

The "gate" suffix

Watergate was a place so fuck knows why adding the word gate to any crappy scandal somehow legitimises it. I know it's not the same as what was in the OP but it genuinely makes me want to commit cold blooded murder 😳

I hadn't seen 'ambo' before, had a think about it and decided it must be slang for 'ambience' (pronounced om-bee-yonce, just to annoy a few more people).

I don't understand what respo and malco mean either. Responsibility? Malcolm?

Respite and... yeah Malcolm?

I don't say Sainsbo's but I do say Nando's.

Isn't there a comedy sketch about Watergate gate?

Nom is one I can't cope with.

Also 'Sainsbobs'. Makes me cringe. And yes I'm middle aged, too. But... why such affection for a soulless, overpriced supermarket that is so crass they tried to sell frozen peas/xmas tackiness with a WW1 based ad, one xmas. Their current advert is so bad I have to mute it. But "Sainsbobs". Why the affection? Or is "-burys" too hard to say, now?

Sambo & Malco (what does that mean?) are insulting? What is sambo, apart from sandwich?

I'm always shortening words... Boyf, rents, fingies (fish fingers), toms, sausies, appara, HB (handbag).

I detest avo! yuk.