Definitions

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  • noun Underground subhumans who kidnap humans for torture and food.
  • noun Australia A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict.

Etymologies

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From detrimental robots. Invented by Richard Shaver and first published in "I Remember Lemuria!" in Amazing Stories, March 1945.

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From derelict.

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Examples

  • The dero is the human whose mind has been under the influence of detrimental flows of energy until he has become a detrimental robot -- shortened to dero.

    HIDEOSITIES hyperdave 2007

  • The dero is the human whose mind has been under the influence of detrimental flows of energy until he has become a detrimental robot -- shortened to dero.

    Archive 2007-03-01 hyperdave 2007

  • I never meant to infer that the dero was confined exclusively to the cavern life, but only that the worst of earth's deros are to be found among the cavern people.

    HIDEOSITIES hyperdave 2007

  • Today, said Mr. Shaver, the dero still exist in the caves and many of our troubles are caused by them.

    Archive 2007-03-01 hyperdave 2007

  • These dero have access to the wonderful machines of the ancients, still in working order, since they were built almost indestructible, and with these machines they are able to bedevil both the tero and surface people.

    Archive 2007-03-01 hyperdave 2007

  • Shaver on deros - Nothing about my fictional creations has been more misunderstood than the 'dero.'

    Archive 2007-03-01 hyperdave 2007

  • Shaver on deros - Nothing about my fictional creations has been more misunderstood than the 'dero.'

    HIDEOSITIES hyperdave 2007

  • Today, said Mr. Shaver, the dero still exist in the caves and many of our troubles are caused by them.

    The Masked World! hyperdave 2007

  • I never meant to infer that the dero was confined exclusively to the cavern life, but only that the worst of earth's deros are to be found among the cavern people.

    Archive 2007-03-01 hyperdave 2007

  • These dero have access to the wonderful machines of the ancients, still in working order, since they were built almost indestructible, and with these machines they are able to bedevil both the tero and surface people.

    The Masked World! hyperdave 2007

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