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AlexAD

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Good evening.

I hear an actor saying, 'Get us some water
and a wet wipe live-o, will you, Turbo?'


1. What does that mean?

2. Has that got something to do with BrE?

3. May I use this in formal/informal speech

Thanks, Alex.
 

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Good evening.

I hear an actor saying, 'Get us some water
and a wet wipe live-o, will you, Turbo?'


1. What does that mean?

2. Has that got something to do with BrE?

3. May I use this in formal/informal speech

Thanks, Alex.

This is a complete guess but I think it might mean "quickly". We have the phrases "Look alive!" or "Look lively!"which mean to hurry up (imperative).

Get me some water and a wet wipe pronto!
Get me some water and a wet wipe, FAST!

I could be completely wrong though, as I've never heard this before.
 

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Here is another example:

'He's alive, alive-o somewhere, selling cockles and mussels...'

I haven't found anything about that -o in the Internet but I feel as if it is like a comaprative degree.
 

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Here is another example:

'He's alive, alive-o somewhere, selling cockles and mussels...'

I haven't found anything about that -o in the Internet but I feel as if it is like a comaprative degree.

I don't think that the "alive alive-o" line from Molly Malone, Irish folk tune, has any connection to the word you posted.

Having said that, since I already said I wasn't sure about my definition of "live-o", I could be wrong.

Anyone else care to chip in?! ;-)
 
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