Seppo

From septic tank (“rhyming slang for Yank”) +‎ -o (“colloquialising suffix”).

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• Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ

Seppo (plural Seppos)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang) An American.
   • 2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 17:

     ‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’
     ‘Your first what?’
     ‘Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’
     ‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’
     ‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’
     ‘No.’

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:American

• Popes, peops, pepos, popes, soppe

From seppo (“smith, skillful person”), an epithet of the smith Ilmarinen in the Kalevala. Compare Aino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsepːo/, [ˈs̠e̞pːo̞]
• Rhymes: -epːo
• Syllabification^(key): Sep‧po

Seppo

1. a male given name
   • 1974, Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, →ISBN, page 167:

     Kun meidän esikoinen syntyi, niille annettiin nimeksi Seppo ja Pekka ja Tauno.

     Back when we had our eldest sons, they would be named Seppo and Pekka and Tauno.

   • 1999, Juhani Syrjä, Juho, Gummerus 2008, →ISBN, Juho 19-33, page 182:

     Tukevalle ja isokouraiselle pojalle annoimme nimeksi Seppo.

     We named the sturdy and big-handed boy Seppo.

• Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s, often in the combination Seppo Ilmari.