commo1
/ˈkɒməʊ
/noun [mass noun] US informal
Communication: [as modifier]: the commo men...
- Another method that can help them understand how the unit fights is talking to the communications platoon sergeant or commo chief.
- Single infantry platoons could have provided enough security at these spots and enough commo to prevent the kind of demoralizing events we've seen on TV.
- Some technologies - such as commo and night-vision gear - can make a big difference.
Commo2
/ˈkɒməʊ/Australian /NZ informal, derogatory
noun (plural Commos)
A communist: he’s worried that Julia might be a Commo...
- For over a century, the ultimate tribute to an old Commo when he fell off his perch, was that he'd been a great "internationalist".
- He is trying to get his revenge on me for driving him out of the Party for being a Commo.
- If they would just look at the ringleaders of this boycott they would soon find out that they were commos.
adjective
Communist: I hung around with many of the best-known comrades, and wrote for the Commo newspaper...
- I took an interest in politics from an early age and read some of the works of Karl Marx in my junior High School years. I was therefore at that time known as "Commo John".
- They saw it as yet another lefty commo conspiracy rather than what it really was - a valid attempt at making sure the raw data was in line with methods used today.
- Its a waste of time to argue with people who believe that science is a plot by the left commo greenies to kill business all over the world.
Origin
1940s: abbreviation.