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neo

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"New prefix"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈniːəʊ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted enoStarts with NEnds with O1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (used as a combining form) recent or new

Word origin

Recent coinage from the prefix neo- (“new”). Popularized by a character in the science-fiction film The Matrix (1999), where it is explained as an anagram of "(the) One".

Used in a sentence

  • Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.
  • This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.
  • Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.

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