Seppo

See also seppo

English

Etymology

From septic tank (“rhyming slang for Yank”) +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”); an Australian-style diminutive of the cockney rhyming slang.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ

Noun

Seppo (plural Seppos)

1. (Australia, slang) An American.
   • 2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 17,

     ‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’

     ‘Your first what?’

     ‘Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’

     ‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’

     ‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’

     ‘No.’

Anagrams

• pepos, Popes, popes

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Finnish

Etymology

From seppo, connected with seppä (“blacksmith”), an epithet of the smith Ilmarinen in the Kalevala.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsepːo/
• Hyphenation: Sep‧po

Proper noun

Seppo

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Seppo (type valo) singular plural nominative Seppo Sepot genitive Sepon Seppojen partitive Seppoa Seppoja accusative Seppo Sepon Sepot inessive Sepossa Sepoissa elative Seposta Sepoista illative Seppoon Seppoihin adessive Sepolla Sepoilla ablative Sepolta Sepoilta allative Sepolle Sepoille essive Seppona Seppoina translative Sepoksi Sepoiksi instructive – Sepoin abessive Sepotta Sepoitta comitative – Seppoineen

Usage notes

• Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s, often in the combination Seppo Ilmari.