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  • noun UK, informal Abbreviation of documentary.

Etymologies

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From documentary +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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Examples

  • The frontman says the doco, which is available with early copies of The Circle, is no vanity piece.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • I had lunch with an old chum I haven't seen for a while, which was lovely, and I found a bunch of stuff I needed for the play, and I finished watching the Bravo Two Zero doco which is research for the Stargate book (which I will start actually writing next week, I swear to God) and sorted out more play stuff, and watched part of the David Starkey dvd doco on Henry VIIIs six wives (he was such a sod, he really was).

    Inch worm, inch worm ... karenmiller 2007

  • He also asks: "Has Espn America shown the Bartman 30 for 30 doco In The UK Yet?"

    MLB playoffs - as they happened 2011

  • The latest offering from the you-fackin-muppet school of British cinema; Nick Nevern's tack is a fake doco, apparently shot by a middle-class kid for a class assignment, about the lairiest of lairy I'll-nick-anything-me geezers, played by Nevern himself.

    Terry – review 2011

  • Check out the doco - it's frustrating to watch, as these are people who just plain believe above all that they are ugly, but fret and worry and obsess over it.

    Archive 2009-04-01 zombietron 2009

  • I saw that doco, it was awesome. well worth checking out because I agree that boxing is a horrible form of entertainment but what made Ali the greatest was that he transcended its barbaric nature.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Gettin paid to watch TV… 2010

  • I mentioned this earlier to NBob and repeating the suggestion to you - This doco I saw about the CWA called ‘Not all Tea and Scones’ was largely about cake competitions (with the more subtle theme being male suicide and depression in the rural sector).

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Havsy’s cake shoppe. 2010

  • Check out the doco - it's frustrating to watch, as these are people who just plain believe above all that they are ugly, but fret and worry and obsess over it.

    You ugly zombietron 2009

  • If you can get to see Black Box Germany doco this puts a more human face on both sides of the story. .the shooting by the GSG9 police of Wolfgang Gramms outside of Berlin 93/94 and the assasination of the Deutsches banker by the RAF. It was a war of idealism. .so both sides have to brought into question.

    The Baader Meinhof Complex Movie Trailer | /Film 2008

  • Two highlights are sure to be James Franco's "Saturday Night," which goes behind the scenes of "Saturday Night Live" which I admittedly haven't actually watched live in at least five years, and the closing night movie, "The Secret to a Happy Ending," a doco about the Drive-By Truckers which will be followed by an "intimate" concert by the band.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Reel Fanatic 2010

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