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neato, a. slang (chiefly N. Amer.).|ˈniːtəʊ|
Also neat-o(h.
[f. neat a. + -o2.]
That is ‘neat’, excellent, or desirable; wonderful, ‘fantastic’. See neat a. 11 b.
1968N. Giovanni in Negro Digest June 75/1, I have this really neato pink IBM—it was a gift. 1978Maledicta II. 287 If such pearls as ‘A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle’..get you down, you can pep up by looking at the photograph of the neato Indian actress Madhur Jaffrey. 1981W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Mar. 8/3 ‘Neat’ and its intensified form, ‘neat-o’, have become..universal forms of approbation in current slang. 1982Underground Grammarian Jan. 1/2 We would probably never have heard of Peter Wagschal, or of his neato Ouija Board Studies Program, if it hadn't been for one Larry Zenke, a pretty neato guy himself. 1986More (N.Z.) Feb. 49/1 Those were the days when Beaver used to..have what she calls ‘a neato free time’. 1986City Limits 9 Oct. 38 Hum along with the neat-oh LA punk score. |