live-o

[AlexAD]

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.

 

[emsr2d2]

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.

 

[AlexAD]

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.

 

[emsr2d2]

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?! ;-)