devo

devo
adj
American
apparently 'robotic' or depersonalised. The name of the avant-garde late-1970s band (who presented themselves as near-automatons and semi-retards due to 'devolution') is now used to describe a 'somnambulistic', expressionless person or behaviour. Stepford is used in a similar context. acting devo
I don't know what her problem is but she is so devo.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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