sleazo, a. and n. U.S. slang.
(ˈsliːzəʊ)
[f. sleazy, sleezy a. + -o2.]
(Something) sleazy, (something) pornographic.
| 1972 E. Sanders Family iii. 68 Manson used to hang out on the Sunset Strip using the name Chuck Summers. There were a bunch of sleazo bars and cafés on or near the Sunset Strip. Ibid. 69 What was it that caused Manson's death-trip? The factors that seem to have fed the violent freak-out shall be termed here sleazo inputs. 1975 Guardian Weekly 2 Aug. 20 Her sleazo routines seem half⁓rehearsed. Her dirty jokes sound almost like last-gasp fill-ins for the cleaner lines she was supposed to deliver but forgot. 1978 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 Jan. 16/2 Norman Mailer said he liked sex movies, especially ‘love pornies’ and ‘the sleazos’. |