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Slang for Inspirational. The type of Music used at the end of a Romantic-Comedy film. Generally used to inspire good feelings.

An example of an Inspo band would be "Snow Patrol"
Wow this band is really Inspo, i feel great!
inspo by Miles "The Roof" February 27, 2007
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Inspirational

A word mostly used by basic bitches on Instagram or Facebook mainly, who do not know how to show any further understanding of what's happening in any given photograph taken by a Canon or Nikon camera, so they type "Inspo" in the comment section. Usually with some unbearable emojis to go with as well.
*Instagram post*

basicbitch_uno: Inspooo๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ”ฅ
bbitch: Slay queen๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐ŸŽ‰
bbbasedbish: Inspo girl๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ”‘๐Ÿ˜‹
Inspo by Thot Destroyer July 12, 2017
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For something to be inspiring. To feel "Inspo" for example hanging out by yourself on the weekend is "Inspo"
Oh my god that's so "inspo"
Inspo by hell0umi May 15, 2018
Adj: The sense of feeling inspired or elevated, especially when preparing for an event. Noun: A thing that brings inspiration.
I'm full of Inspo right now, lets get to the party. I have a glass full of inspo, I'm ready to go. I just loaded some inspo on the stereo, turn it up.
Inspo by Flanker1 February 15, 2022
A fucking stupid ass way to say inspiration. This term is used mainly by middle schoolers or people with a toddler like vocabulary.
Guy 1. Bro Iโ€™m fina paint and Iโ€™m using this picture as inspo

Guy 2. my guy what the fuck is inspo? GTFO here with your dog ass toddler word. Itโ€™s not inspo itโ€™s fucking inspiration, use the right fucking word
The short for "inspiration", referring the things that you can find on Pinterest
I found some amazing decor ideas on Pinterest. Iโ€™ve got so much inspo for my new apartment now!
inspo by Emotional Cruiser October 17, 2025

Inspo fatigue 

When your social media feed becomes so plastered with inspirational quotes that you can no longer bring youself to read another word.
I just can't look at my social media accounts today, the inspo fatigue is killing me!
Inspo fatigue by caoimhelouise February 6, 2020
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
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