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gon·zo

(gŏn′zō)

adj. Slang

1. Using an exaggerated, highly subjective style, as in journalism: "a hyperkinetic, gonzo version of Graham Greene" (New Yorker).

2. Extreme, unconventional, or bizarre: gonzo artwork; a gonzo snowboarding style.

3. Crazy, excited, or unrestrained: Fans went gonzo when the band came out.

[Perhaps Italian, simpleton (perhaps short for Borgonzone, Burgundian) or Spanish ganso, dullard, goose (of Germanic origin; see ghans- in Indo-European roots).]

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gonzo

(ˈɡɒnzəʊ)

adj

1. wild or crazy

2. (Journalism & Publishing) (of journalism) explicitly including the writer's feelings at the time of witnessing the events or undergoing the experiences written about

n, pl gonzos

a wild or crazy person

[C20: perhaps from Italian, literally: fool, or Spanish ganso idiot, bumpkin (literally: goose)]

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gon•zo

(ˈgɒn zoʊ)
adj.
Slang.

fiercely advocative or partial without regard for balance or objectivity.

[1970–75, Amer.; appar. first used by U.S. journalist Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939); perhaps < Italian: simpleton]

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Adj.

gonzo - conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

bizarre, eccentric, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre, freaky, flakey, flaky, freakish

unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

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