GONZO


Meaning of GONZO in English

/gon"zoh/ , Slang.

adj.

1. (of journalism, reportage, etc.) filled with bizarre or subjective ideas, commentary, or the like.

2. crazy; eccentric.

n.

3. eccentricity, weirdness, or craziness.

[ 1970-75, Amer.; appar. first used in the phrase Gonzo journalism by U.S. journalist Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939); perh. ganso a lazy or dull person, lit., goose ( ]

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