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  • noun Australia, New Zealand, informal Afternoon.

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Abbreviation of afternoon +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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  • noun, colloquial, Australia & New Zealand: afternoon

    September 14, 2007

  • Interesting! Is this a shortened version of "afternoon," with Australian/New Zealander pronunciation?

    September 14, 2007

  • Yep. Well, I'm not sure about New Zealanders, but generally-speaking, Australians say ARfternoon, yes.

    September 15, 2007

  • I like it. :-) Too bad I'm not in that hemisphere, where I'd be understood.

    September 16, 2007

  • -noun

    afternoon.

    June 9, 2009