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mondo

1

[mon-doh]

noun

Zen.

plural

mondos 

  1. a question to a student for which an immediate answer is demanded, the spontaneity of which is often illuminating.

mondo

2

adverb

  1. very; extremely.

    mondo cool.

adjective

  1. large; big.

    a mondo history paper.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mondo1

First recorded in 1925–30; from Japanese DzԻō, earlier mondau “rapid question and answer, catechesis between a rōshi (master) and student,” from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese è “inquire” + á “r”

Origin of mondo2

First recorded in 1965–70; from Italian mondo “world,” extracted from the film Mondo Cane ( “A Dog's World” ) (1962) and reinterpreted as an adverb in Italian or pseudo-Italian phrases such as mondo bizarro “very bizarre,” literally, “bizarre world”
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Birmingham has a new Mondo track surface that should produce faster times.

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The City Section track preliminaries and finals will be run on Birmingham High’s new Mondo track, which is like running on a carpet and improves times.

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The City Section finals will be May 22 on Birmingham’s new Mondo track.

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The BBC's poll is a "super-ranking" compiled from 30 year-end lists published by the world's most influential music magazines - including the NME, Rolling Stone, Spain's Mondo Sonoro and France's Les Inrockuptibles.

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Duplantis, more commonly known as Mondo, is regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time and enjoyed another record-breaking year in 2024.

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