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After Beyoncé Knowles sang “surfboard” in a lyric with a pronunciation fans heard as surfbort, the playful spelling took off online in 2014. It doesn’t really have a separate meaning. It’s a joking reference to that pronunciation, much as Beyoncé’s...
kneelo n. a person who rides a kneeboard. Editorial Note: A kneeboard is a short surfboard on which a rider kneels. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)