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English
Etymology
From a corrupted blend of chi(ld) + mo(lester).
Pronunciation
Noun
chomo (plural chomos)
- (US, prison slang) A child molester.
2003, Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, page 77:Fuckers never see the light of day. Nevada Fucking Prisneyland, O.G.! Homos, snitches, Chomos, straight-up J-Cats, and children all P.C.'d up together, scandalous shit, dawg!
2012, Conrad Black, A Matter of Principle, page 451:The child molesters (chomos, they are called) were a peculiar group. Some hobbled about with canes or walkers from the beatings they had received from some other prisoners because of their perceived moral degeneracy […]
2013, Landon Parham, First Night of Summer, page 300:Charlie shifted in his chair and inhaled the fresh, evening air. “See, child molesters—they call them chomos—have it the roughest in prison. Even the worst, most sadistic convicts have no respect for pedophiles. […]
Anagrams
Cubeo
Pronunciation
Noun
chomo (plural chomoá)
- sound made by throwing something into water.
Synonyms
References
- N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "chomo", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
- N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN