nepo
/ˈnɛp.oʊ/noun
nepo is a noun meaning “Clipping of nepotism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-P-O and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 41 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does nepo mean?
noun
- 1
slangClipping of nepotism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce nepo?
- US /ˈnɛp.oʊ/
Nepo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nepo?
Nepo appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does nepo come from?
Clipping of nepotism, probably after nepo baby.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).