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arvo

nounColloquial

An Australian English slang term. Browse all Australian slang.

What it means

  1. Afternoon. One of the most frequently used clipped forms in Australian English — genuinely everyday, not a novelty.

In use

  • I'll give you a call this arvo.

  • We're heading down Saturday arvo.

Where it comes from

Afternoon clipped and given the -o ending, one of the two productive diminutive suffixes in Australian English (the other being -ie / -o's counterpart -y). The pattern is generative: speakers coin new ones on the spot and expect to be understood.