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lino¹

  • /ˈlaɪnəʊ/

Rhymes with -aɪnəʊ

Where it comes from

Clipping of linoleum, probably influenced by -o (“diminutive suffix”).

noun linos

  1. Australia, New Zealand, UK, abbreviation, clipping, colloquial Clipping of linoleum But there was nobody at Kig and Kadgit's except the charwoman wiping over the “lino” in the passage.

lino²

  • /ˈlaɪnəʊ/

Rhymes with -aɪnəʊ

Where it comes from

Contraction of linesman + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

noun linos

  1. UK, abbreviation, colloquial, informal, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of linesman Lino flagged a bit late but was right

LINO³

Where it comes from

Modelled after RINO (“Republican in name only”).

noun LINOs

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym, derogatory Acronym of Libertarian in name only, typically used by libertarian members of the U.S. Libertarian Party to describe Libertarians whose views perceived as insufficiently libertarian. As Glenn Beck was bashing Sarvis as a GPS-installing LINO on his show,,^([sic]) his muckraking journalists at TheBlaze "revealed" that Sarvis was "bankrolled" by an "Obama bundler."

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"lino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lino. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lino. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lino

Chicago

"lino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lino.

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@misc{lino_2026,
  title = {lino},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lino},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}