mono

Etymology 1

noun

1. (informal) Clipping of mononucleosis.

Etymology 2

Probably from the prefix mono- meaning “one, single”.

noun

1. (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

Etymology 3

Clipping of monophonic.

adj

1. (colloquial) Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.
   Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono.

Etymology 4

Clipping of monochrome.

adj

1. (colloquial) Monochrome.
   The excellent on-screen display of italics, superscripts and subscripts, and other niceties available on the color screen now display on mono monitors, but with the inherently superior text font of the mono mode. 1985, PC Mag, volume 4, number 4, page 125

Etymology 5

Clipping of monomorphism.

noun

1. (category theory) Abbreviation of monomorphism.

Etymology 6

Clipping of monoamorous.

adj

1. (chiefly informal) Monoamorous, monogamous.

noun

1. (informal) A monogamous person.
   For some monos, there are no acceptable mono—poly solutions as far as they are concerned. 2010, Leonie Linssen, Love Unlimited: The Joys and Challenges of Open Relationships

Etymology 7

Clipping of monosexual.

adj

1. (chiefly informal) Monosexual.
   People who do wish to be recognizable as trans or bi are often coercively passed off as cis or mono anyway. 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution
   That is, establishing as it does a replacement binary (mono versus bi, rather than hetero versus homo) it functions to erase lesbian and gay specificity. In turn, this fails to consider, and even elides, important structural inequities between the hetero- and homosexual categories. The difficulty of establishing bisexual legitimacy in a discursive context of oppositional categories was acknowledged by a number of participants. For some, invoking the mono/bi dichotomy affords bisexuality … 2013, Dawn Atkins, Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century, page 37