paedo

See also: paedo- and pædo-

English

Alternative forms

• pedo

Etymology

Clipping of paedophile.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pē'dō, IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.dəʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ
• (General Australian) Rhymes: -ɛdəʊ

Noun

paedo (plural paedos)

1. (slang, countable) A paedophile.

   Synonym: nonce

   • 2023, Eliza Clark, “Christmas”, in Penance, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, HarperCollins:

     "When I went round he was like ... trying to tell me about the paedo and how he was a great man, like it wasn't national news that the fucker was a paedo."

2. (British, slang, uncountable) paedophilia.

Adjective

paedo (not comparable)

1. (British, slang) Paedophile, paedophiliac.

Derived terms

• pedobait
• pedo-stache
• pedo van
• reverse pedo

Anagrams

• apode