-eroo

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a suffix that creates familiar, usually jocular variations of semantically more neutral nouns; normally added to monosyllabic bases, or merged with bases ending in -er: flopperoo; smackeroo; switcheroo.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Origin of -eroo

Of unclear origin; perhaps extracted from buckaroo, though this word appears to have been conformed to a preexisting suffix (or word), the stress and final vowel being otherwise unaccounted for

Words nearby -eroo

ERO, erode, erodent, erogenous, Eroica Symphony, -eroo, Eros, Eros-433, erose, erosion, erosion surface