el cheapo
el cheapo · el cheapos
A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingyA mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy.
Meaning
3 senses(capitalized, often, slang)A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy.
Don't expect a big tip from El Cheapo over there.
(slang)A person who is stingy; a miser.
He's such an el cheapo that his wallet hasn't been opened for days.
(slang)On the game show The Price Is Right, used in reference to the lowest two-digit number on a board of (initially) nine numbers in the pricing game Money Game.
Origin
From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).
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Forms
plural: el cheapos| Singular | el cheapo |
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Synonyms
1 synonymssee Thesaurus:miser