-spo

See also: SPO, spö, and spò

English

Etymology

From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.

Suffix

-spo

1. (informal) A suffix combined with an adjective or noun to create a word to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.
   • 2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, →ISBN:

     By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse on what bodies are aspirational.

   • 2018, Laura Thomas, Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food, Boxtree, →ISBN:

     For a lot of people, their social media feeds have disproportionate levels of fitspo or healthspo; they're not reflective of our overall interests.

   • 2020, Pixie Turner, The Insta-Food Diet: How Social Media has Shaped the Way We Eat, Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:

     Searches for #proana, #thinspiration, or #bonespo (used for 'inspiring' images of people with visible bones) won't show any results at all, even though the tags are still widely in use.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -spo