props
/prɒps
/noun [mass noun] informal
Due respect: certain sectors of the music fraternity still refuse to give him props...
- He was perfectly nice to her nonetheless, so he got a few extra props from moi.
- My fiancé alerted me to you giving me props on your journal, and it's Christmas right here in Singapore.
- Wish I could take credit for this but big props to the M-Dogg for finding it.
Origin
1990s: from proper respect.
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- auto-defrost
- auto-destruct
- auto-destruction
- auto-destructive
- autodiagnosis
- autodiagnostic
- autodial
- autodialler
- autodidact
- autodidactic
- autodidacticism
- autodigestion
- autodrome
- autodynamic
- autodyne
- autoecious
- auto-education
- auto-enrol
- autoenroll
- autoenrollment
- auto-enrolment
- auto-erotic
- autoerotic asphyxia
- auto-erotic asphyxiation