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minus-squarewakest@app.wafrn.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agohey @mro (seppo creator) did you know this quip?
minus-squareMarcus Rohrmoser 🌻@digitalcourage.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoHi @wakest @ZoDoneRightNow @mesamunefire, what does it mean for you?
minus-squarewakest@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYou probably have to load this thread remotely to see all the answers
minus-squareZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt is rhyming slang for “Yank” meaning American in Australian english. It is sometimes considered derogatory though Australians often use it in jest. From Yank you get septic tank which was then shortened to seppo.
minus-squareMarcus Rohrmoser 🌻@digitalcourage.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoHi @ZoDoneRightNow @mesamunefire @wakest, Yank like in Yankee? Slangs of the world, endless traps for (product) names. Regarding your initial Q: no, seppo carries no meaning. I once thought of “self-post”, but dropped that.
hey @mro (seppo creator) did you know this quip?
Hi @wakest @ZoDoneRightNow @mesamunefire,
what does it mean for you?
You probably have to load this thread remotely to see all the answers
It is rhyming slang for “Yank” meaning American in Australian english. It is sometimes considered derogatory though Australians often use it in jest. From Yank you get septic tank which was then shortened to seppo.
Hi @ZoDoneRightNow @mesamunefire @wakest,
Yank like in Yankee? Slangs of the world, endless traps for (product) names.
Regarding your initial Q: no, seppo carries no meaning. I once thought of “self-post”, but dropped that.