primo
adjEtymology Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime and primus.
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Colloquial Best; first-class.
- We strung Christmas lights around the ceiling to frame it. The final touches of coolness were my two spinning disco lights in the front room. That apartment was like my canvas and it was a primo party spot.2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander, page 16:
- I had to contort a bit to see during Act I, but the theater was not full — opera tickets, even at such prices, are a luxury for many Hungarians — so during the first intermission I moved to a primo orchestra seat, with not just the knowledge but the assistance of an usher.2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times:
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- Like me, you will be so embarrassed for Earth’s primo edgelord that he feels pressed into doing something so excruciatingly conventional. This is worse than when Kate Moss was scapegoated into rehab.2025 June 13, Marina Hyde, “So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Related terms
- primo uomo