Aero vs Dero - What's the difference?
aero | dero |
Of or pertaining to aviation
Aerodynamic, or having an aerodynamic appearance
(slang, auto racing) Aerodynamics
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(Australia) A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict.
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Underground subhumans who kidnap humans for torture and food.
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* 1987 , Martin Gardner, Riddles of the sphinx, and other mathematical puzzle tales'', Mathematical Association of America, ISBN 0883856336, page 62 (originally published ''Isaac Asimov's science fiction magazine , Volume 10)
* 2000 , Harold A. Skaarup, Visitors: Questions & Answers , ISBN 0595133282,
* 2011 , David Halperin, Journal of a UFO Investigator , ISBN 0670022454
As a verb aero
is .As a noun dero is
(australia) a homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict or dero can be underground subhumans who kidnap humans for torture and food.aero
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We've seen a lot of growth in the aero sector.
- It's a very aero design, with smooth lines.
Derived terms
* aero engineNoun
(-)citation
Anagrams
* ----dero
English
Etymology 1
From (derelict).Alternative forms
* derroNoun
(en noun)citation
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
From (detrimental) (robots). Invented by and first published in "I Remember Lemuria!" in Amazing Stories , March 1945.Alternative forms
* derroNoun
(en noun)I Remember Lemuria and The return of Sathanas], [http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/irl/irl10.htm page 84
- No laughing matter now, these ugly dwarfs! They were dero'', children of ''dero , enslaved in some manner by the derodite master who sought the death of all Mu!
- They were supposed to be wicked creatures who lived underground, as described in Richard Shaver's notorious SF tales of the late forties. I had always assumed that Shaver's stories were pure fiction, yet here I was, talking to a dero!
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- Teros. A term describing various human groups who inhabit the cavern systems and who have reestablished antediluvian cities beneath the North American continent. Many of these may be descended from older civilizations such as ancient native Americans who went underground hundreds and or(sic) thousands of years ago. They also refer to the
' Dero' which apparently consist of Draconian elements (Evadamic).
- “The dero caves are not a joke,” Rochelle said. “Richard Shaver's welding gun—or whatever was talking to him—was telling him the truth. Mostly the truth anyway.”