cho-mo
n.— «“Dude’s a fuckin’ cho-mo,” said the other. “Or he’s a reverse cho-mo, what the hell, it’s almost worse than a child molester. Look at him!”» —“Windy gray” by Steve Fisher TriQuarterly (Evanston, Illinois) Mar. 22, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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