Mondo vs Nondo - What's the difference?
mondo | nondo |
(Zen Buddhism) A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
(US, slang) Big, large; major, significant.
* 1997 , K. C. Constantine, Family Values , G. K. Hall & Co. (1997), ISBN 9780783882321,
* 2010 , Dakota Cassidy, You Dropped a Blonde on Me , Berkley Sensation (2010), ISBN 9781101441893,
* 2012 , Lucienne Diver, Crazy in the Blood , Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (2012), ISBN 9781609289324,
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(US, slang) Very, extremely, really.
* 1992 , Cherie Bennett, Sunset Paradise , Berkley (1992), ISBN 9780425137703,
* 2001 , Margie Lapanja, Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon Buns and Apple Pie , Conari Press (2001), ISBN 1573245127,
* 2002 , Jeffrey Deaver, Mistress of Justice , Bantam Books (2002), ISBN 9780307793591,
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(plant) A coarse umbelliferous North American plant in the genus Ligusticum , with a large aromatic root.
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As nouns the difference between mondo and nondo
is that mondo is world while nondo is (plant) a coarse umbelliferous north american plant in the genus ligusticum , with a large aromatic root.As an adverb mondo
is a lot.mondo
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From the title of the cult 1962 Italian documentary film '' ("world") and . The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of ''mondo'' as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like ''mondo bizarro ."mondo" on thefreedictionary.com
Adjective
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- I mean, me bein' here has caused us some mondo problems, so I shoulda figured out that not bein' here anymore would cause some more problems — "
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- Younger gorgeous woman marries older, rich man, lives her life solely for him while reaping the bennies of mondo moolah only to end up dumped by older rich man for newer, younger model.
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- “You're kidding—you can eat again after that mondo burger you had for lunch?”
Adverb
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- "This rain is mondo depressing," Sam sighed as she stared out the sliding glass doors that led to the Hewitts' deck.
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- This recipe, from someone who really knows her tiramisu, is mondo rich, utterly divine, and simple.
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- “Hey, this place is mondo cool. Bowie hangs out there. It's so packed you can hardly get in. And they play industrial out of one set of speakers and the Sex Pistols out of the other. I mean in the same room! Like, at a thousand decibels."
