mimeo

[ mim-ee-oh ]

noun

, plural mim·e·os,

1. mimeograph.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mimeo¹

First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Locklin’s reputation as a poet had grown with the “mimeo revolution” of little magazines and small presses.

From Los Angeles Times

Lee’s mimeo of Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez’s The Octopus and Coral is a dazzling trompe l’oeil—creamy tentacles snake around meringue “rocks,” rice crackers marbled with squid ink and tendrils of limu seaweed.

From Wall Street Journal

Nineteen years later, Students for a Democratic Society used a mimeo to make 20,000 copies of their manifesto, "The Port Huron Statement," which helped spread the cause of student activism in the '60s.

From National Geographic

In due time this was prepared in mimeo graph form and sent routinely to all the committee members.

From Literature

I remember the catalogue from the first show, done on a mimeo machine, smeared and illegible, its poverty a badge of authenticity.

From Literature

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