saddon.
/ˈsadəʊ/, U.S. /ˈsædoʊ/ British colloquial (depreciative).
A person regarded as socially inadequate, unfashionable, or otherwise contemptible.
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1948 B. MacDonald Plague & I ii. 30 I was a big, no-sense-of-humour saddo. I coughed all night long and enjoyed doing it.
1992 New Musical Express 9 May 60/6 It is now widely acknowledged (except by saddoes) that Dr Who stopped being good after Jon Pertwee in 1974.
1994 Independent on Sunday 23 Jan. (Review Suppl.) 38/2 Girly mags, they were for middle-aged saddos.
1997 J-17 Oct. 40/3 You might come across a few saddos who've got nothing better to do than make fun of your brace, but you'll be the one laughing when you get all the guys with that gorge new smile!
2005 R. Asquith Love, Fifteen viii. 131 ‘He probably has,’ said Lottie, ‘but what do you care about them? They're probably all saddos who paper their walls with pictures out of Loaded.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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