elmo

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɛlmoʊ/

Definition of elmo

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

phrase

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of enough, let's move on.
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phrase

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of enough, let's move on.

name

  1. A male given name from Italian.
    “MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington.”
  2. A city in Missouri.
  3. An unincorporated community in Texas.
  4. A town in Utah.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
  6. (derogatory, humorous)A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
    “Twitter was far from perfect before Elmo happened to it but it’s a total shitshow now!”
    “It is certainly conceivable that Elmo’s ragtag of leftover desperate engineers put out a feature without properly testing it. 😂”
    “Incredible how low Twitter has sunk since Elmo fired the grownups.”

noun

  1. A document camera.
    “Someone had to tell me when the paper was positioned correctly under the elmo (document camera).”
    “Students bring their math work under the Elmo to share with other students to discuss their thoughts.”
    “The teacher can ask students to categorize the new information on the graphic organizer as they go through the text and the video, and then model this activity on an Elmo or overhead projector during the lesson, thus providing another means of visual support”
    “Courtrooms in the United States District Court for the Central District of California have DVD/VCR equipment and an Electronic Evidence Presenter (sometimes referred to as an "ELMO") for attorneys to use when presenting evidence at trial or evidentiary hearings.”
    “You know, in the courtroom, I used to have a little ELMO (an electronic evidence presenter) machine and there is absolutely nothing simpler than ELMO-ing. You put in the piece of paper and hit a button and the image is projected. But I can't tell you how many lawyers approached the ELMO as if they were approaching a cobra!”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar. * By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.

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