el cheapo

Meanings

Noun

  • A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy.
  • A person who is stingy; a cheapskate.
  • On the game show The Price Is Right, used in reference to the lowest two-digit number on a board of (initially) nine numbers in the pricing game Money Game.

Adjective

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Origin

  • From Spanish el ("the") + cheap + .

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