endo

noun

1. (slang, uncountable)Marijuana.

   “rollin' down the street smokin' endo / sippin' on gin and juice”

   “So as I drive home / I roll my window up / And my endo up in the same motion”

2. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel.
3. A crash in which the back wheel of the bicycle lifts off the ground and the cyclist is hurtled over the handlebars.

   “Midway down a winding descent on a dry, rocky trail during a mountain bike race in Maui, I tried to avoid a large rock, jammed on my front brakes and went flying over the handlebars – a judo-style fall known as an "endo". […] To avoid future "endos" on precipitous descents, I stood with my weight over the rear wheel, gripping the seat with my thighs.”

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable)Clipping of endocrinology.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal)Clipping of endocrinologist.

   “Since my endo did not practice at the hospital I delivered at, I did not have the oversight I needed to adjust my fluctuating sugars […]”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable)Clipping of endometriosis.

   “Endo Days is a self-described cabaret, comedy and “singing support group”. Libby Trainor Parker, a festival weekly award winner, highlights the reality of comfy pyjamas, wheat bags and suppositories for women living with endo.”

7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal)Clipping of endodontics.

   “I question dentists about the services they actually provide in their offices. Do you do crown and bridge and restorative dentistry? “Of course.” Do you do endodontics? “No, I never really liked endo.””

8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal)Clipping of endodontic treatment.

   “Supraeruption happens. Gingival inflammation happens. Pulpal inflammation happens. Traditionally, we can “work through” these problems. We can grind crowns into place. We anesthetize and use hemostatics on the gingiva. We do endos. But we shouldn’t have to do those things, especially with digital dentistry.”

9. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable)Clipping of endogenic system.

   “i love endos, all plural folks are so fucking valid, but also i feel like my actual legitimate DID is so much more severe than it is for all of my friends and it does get a bit isolating”

10. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable)Clipping of endosomatophilia.
11. (Philippines, uncountable)A labor contracting system where workers are hired by employment agencies to work for a specific period of time until being replaced and prohibited from being re-hired.

    “The landmark measure meant to eliminate 'endo' or the practice subcontracting of labor.”

    “[...] 13 local and foreign business chambers asked "the president to veto the security of tenure bill" since it "is redundant as there are previously approved laws that already protects workers from 'endo' (end of contract scheme), [...]"”

12. (Philippines, countable)A person employed under this system.

    “[…] Labor Day is just around the corner, hence, it is timely to examine the current and hot issues affecting the workers’ sector. One such issue concerns the matter of endos, contractuals and contractualized employees. / Endos, contractuals and contractualized employees do not enjoy full security of tenure rights as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Labor Code.”

verb

1. (transitive)To perform an endo (trick).

   “I remember when disc brakes became a worthwhile investment; from this point on, following Clive became extremely dangerous. He just kept endoing everywhere! Down a steep bank, through a stile, on his dad's bed… […] Clive endos smoothly into the corner while swinging the back wheel out, drops into the switchback and he's away.”

2. (transitive)To suffer an endo (crash).

   “Pro athletes are expected to be Very Online. Some polish their profiles to a high shine; Courtney rides her own line. There are the obligatory golden-hour shots, but her Insta also has quirky strength-training videos and footage of total yard sales—like her endoing on a training ride this spring.”

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable)Clipping of endogenic.

name

1. A surname from Japanese.

   “Mitsuye Endo, a stenographer at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Sacramento, was one of a small group of Nisei state employees who were dismissed from their positions in early 1942.”