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-o is most characteristic of Australian English but English speakers over the world are familiar with "kiddo", "psycho", and now "doggo".
by ouchjars 2y ago
-o is most characteristic of Australian English but English speakers over the world are familiar with "kiddo", "psycho", and now "doggo".
- mjd 2y agoMy own kiddo, at the age of two or three, decided that -o was a productive suffix and started calling me and her mother "Daddo" and "Mommo".
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- o11c 2y agoI don't think that's actually a diminutive (meaning shifts to add smallness or endearment), just a colloquializer (meaning doesn't change, just becomes less formal; dialects may adopt a particular informal word as standard).
- wink 2y agonot sure psycho counts, as it works in every language that uses the greek? latin? base. Also I kinda liked learning about smoko, even as a non-smoker.