contempo

English

Etymology

Clipping of contemporary

Adjective

contempo (comparative more contempo, superlative most contempo)

1. (informal) contemporary; modern
   • 1969, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security, Investigation of Students for a Democratic Society, page 1141:

     You get “sex education" now in both high school and college classes: everyone determined not to be embarassed^[sic], to be very up to date, very contempo.

   • 2004, Ethan Mordden, One More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in The 1970s, page 23:

     It's all very contempo—as one might expect of the musical version of a film released just four years before.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛm.po/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpo
• Hyphenation: con‧tèm‧po

Noun

contempo m (invariable)

1. meantime, meanwhile