SLOMO

noun Also written slo-mo (Lifestyle and Leisure) Colloquially in the film and video industry (especially in the US): slow motion; a slow-motion replay or the facility for playing back in slow motion (as, for example, on a video recorder). Etymology: A clipped compound, formed by combining the first three letters of slow with the initial syllable of motion. History and Usage: Slomo was an American coinage which was probably in spoken use in the film industry long before it first appeared in print in the late seventies. It was popularized more widely as a result of the success of video in the early eighties. The NFL Films...had it in slo-mo, and in overheads. Washington Post 16 Sept. 1979, section M, p. 4 Producer to slomo operator: 'Go back to where you were before I told you to go where I told you to go.' Broadcast 7 July 1980, p. 10 Apart from the Hi-Fi facility there's a 14-day, six-event timer, advanced trick frame with five-speed slomo (1/36, 1/24, 1/15, 1/10 or 1/6). Which Video? Jan. 1987, p. 4