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demo2|ˈdɛməʊ|
Colloq. abbreviation of demonstration; so demo-disc (see quot. 1963); demo tape, a demonstration tape of music recorded by a musician or group to promote the material to potential publishers, agents, etc.
1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid iii. 28 The anti-war demo last week. 1940New Statesman 16 Mar. 372 Starting as a Fundamentalist he drifts steadily through the modern heresies until he lands up talking of Moses as a militant Unionist, the Exodus as a mass demonstration, and the events in Jerusalem as another demo. 1949A. Wilson Wrong Set 100 Norman's out at the demo. At Trafalgar Square. 1961Guardian 15 Sept. 10/6 She was fined {pstlg}1 for obstruction in an anti-nuclear ‘demo’ this spring. 1963Time & Tide 11 Sept. 8/3 One other method of becoming known is to send an agent a ‘demodisc’—a gramophone record on which the singer or musician demonstrates his ability. 1967Listener 3 Aug. 130/3 What had begun as a demo..came to look as fey as any folk festival. 1968Ibid. 28 Mar. 410/1 The US Embassy provided a focus for an extreme Left ‘demo’ against ‘fascist brutality’ in Vietnam. 1970Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 7/2 Only the other day she was a dedicated demo-girl, but now she has settled down to exemplary bourgeois domesticity. 1971Sunday Times 21 Feb. 3/1 British Rail are running 31 ‘Demo special’ trains today to bring an estimated 30,000 people to London to take part in the trade unions' protest demonstrations against the Government's Industrial Relations Bill. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 27/3 Danny has a demo tape he carts around, a tape with two tunes. 1986Sunday Express Mag. 17 Aug. 40/3 Radio 1 DJ Janice Long was impressed by a demo tape which Owen sent and she featured him on her programme.
2. A demo-disc or demo tape (see sense 1). orig. U.S.
1954Billboard 27 Nov. 14/4 Altho the demo is designed for distributors, it can also be used by dealers; so M-G-M's distributors will leave the demos with their retail clients for use on the customer level. 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 144/2 Demo, a phonograph record made for demonstration purposes, to display the talents of a singer or musician or the merits of a new song to booking agents, bands, radio stations, and the like. 1970Guardian 31 July 6/1 Frank made some demos for a fake combo..using the five-track machine to its full capacity. 1985M. Gee Light Years xix. 146 He's going to be a vocalist... He's already made some demos. |