Definitions
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- noun A strategy game.
- interjection African American Vernacular, informal A greeting.
Etymologies
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Examples
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a few years ago -- whether it was chants of "ayo" or revivals of the club-ready "Think" breakbeat -- it's long since begun drowning itself in the trends of everywhere else.
Baltimore City Paper 2010
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: (Singing) Saying ayo, baby let go cause we going to rock this club.
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: (Singing) Saying ayo, baby let go cause we going to rock this club.
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayo.
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayo.
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayo.
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Suffering from brain cancer, Kent Pankow was literally forced to go to the ayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. for lifesaving surgery -- at a cost to family and friends of $106,000 -- after the health-care system in Alberta left him hanging in bureaucratic limbo for 16 crucial days, his tumour meanwhile migrating to an unreachable part of the brain, while it dithered over his case file, ultimately deciding he was not surgery worthy.
The Step-Dance Kerfuffle James Taranto 2010
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: (Singing) Saying ayo, baby let go cause we going to rock this club.
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayo.
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(Soundbite of song, "Dynamite") Mr. CRUZ: (Singing) Saying ayo, baby let go cause we going to rock this club.
ry commented on the word ayo
Not sure about that etymology, at least in regards to the vernacular salutation usage. I believe it's a contraction of "hey, yo"
May 2, 2014
bilby commented on the word ayo
In Indonesian, come on. Or indeed, 'come on!'
May 3, 2014
Prolagus commented on the word ayo
Same in Sardinian! We usually spell it ajó.
May 3, 2014