Meaning & use
B.O.
An informal short form of 'body odor,' the unpleasant smell caused by sweat on the skin.
See it in a sentence
He kept a spare shirt at work just in case he got B.O. after his lunchtime run.
The gym locker room always smelled faintly of B.O. by the end of the day.
A note on using this word
B.O. is casual and mildly humorous slang, mainly used in spoken conversation rather than formal or medical writing.
Words with a similar meaning
body odor
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