skillo

English

Etymology

skill +‎ -o

Pronunciation

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Adjective

skillo (comparative more skillo, superlative most skillo)

1. (UK, slang, 1980s-1990s) great, excellent
   • 1988, Dan Dare II (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 27, March 1988)

     Dan Dare's back, and what a completely skillo follow-up to the original.

   • 1990 January, “Competitions”, in Sinclair User, number 94:

     Win A Mountain. Ooops, sorry, that should read win a Mountain Bike - gosh wow a brilliant skillo give away if ever there was.

   • 2001, Tinman, “Lazy and stupid : Help me do my shopping”, in alt.digitiser (Usenet):

     Anyway, I love the Jet Set Radio soundtrack (as well as the game) and in particular the tracks by Guitar Vader. So after a bunch of web browsing I found Guitar Vader are selling their skillo album 'Die Happy' on Mp3.com*^[sic].