nepo
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Clipping of nepotism.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
The problem here is that not all the threads of this story are equally entertaining: the sequences featuring sinister President MacPhail (Will Keen, father of Dafne, perhaps the first “nepo daddy”), vicious Father Gomez (Jamie Ward), and the rest of the Magisterium, are particularly listless.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “nepo” mean?
Clipping of nepotism.
Is “nepo” formal or informal?
nepo is generally slang.