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Spanish - Literally "Elbow"
In a few regions of Spain this refers to somebody who is very stingey with their money. In many cases, the person calling you stingey will simply stick their elbow out pointed at you.
Dependiente - "Esa camiseta le costará ciento dólares."
Cliente - "¡De ningún modo en infierno!"
Dependiente - "Ud. es codo."
codo by Andrew March 15, 2005
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1. Spanish word for elbow
2. It can also mean an egotistic person, in other words, someone selfish
3. People who are born in Monterrey Mexico are considered to be "codos" (selfish)
4. A stereotype term for people who are born in Monterrey Mexico
5. Finally, codo is a thrifty person who know how to save money without wasting it in useless things.
Que codo eres!=you are so selfish
He is from Monterrey, he must a "codo"
Dicen que los de monterrey son codos= they say people from monterrey are selfish
codo by Josh Quintanilla January 19, 2009
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Someone who you truly love and they are very sweet and beautiful, they are your bestfriend and they're with you in all moments in your life good or bad. If you have a codo in your life, you are very lucky and should hold the close, because codo's are very rare.
You are my codo
codo by Skyfall_208 June 26, 2022

perfecto codo 

Australian coding expression to define excellence in a piece of code.
"Sir I've finished my work could you please review and confirm it's ready for production use", "Sorry mate, we can't let that go yet. Not Perfecto Codo by any means"
Codon: the sequence of three nucleotides that codes for one amino acid.
Ribosomes pull the mRNA strand through itself one codon at a time. As the strand moves, the start codon and its complementary tRNA molecule shift into the 2nd site inside the large subunit. This shift leaves the 1st site empty, which exposes the next mRNA codon.
codon by hwsparkles January 16, 2012
The feeling of having a hangover after a night of playing Call of Duty. Often resulting in lower grades in class.
Dude I can't pay attention in class I have such a CoDover
CoDover by blacklantern November 12, 2009

Codoinked 

The feeling you get when you leave a conversation and think of all the things you should have said.
person 1: blah blah blah (arguing)
person 2: blah blah blah (rubbish comebacks)

person 2 leaves
person 2: oh i should have said that, i feel codoinked
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