gonzo

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'Liberal' is not the same thing as the gonzo-style photographs of 'Freedom' spray-painted onto the side of American missiles.

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  1. adjective Slang Using an exaggerated, highly subjective style, especially in journalism: "a hyperkinetic, gonzo version of Graham Greene” (New Yorker).
  2. adjective Slang Bizarre; unconventional.

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  • Both novels look at growing up in southern California, but otherwise it might not seem at first that the kind of gonzo weirdness that Laidlaw used in California could have anything to do with the dark, perilous (though sometimes equally funny) atmosphere of The Orchid Eater. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 06 - December 1994
  • Now, why don't you tell me a little bit about your last book It's, um, kind of gonzo speculation Bingo! —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • In a rather surrreal encounter, "gonzo" porn film-maker Ben Dover was interviewed live by Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala. —  Press Gazette Latest News
  • They were primitive one-page gag and parody strips rendered with primitivist verve by Al in MS Paint, like a kind of gonzo superhero Fast Show. —  FreakyTrigger
  • I guess when Newt gonzo was publicly thrashing Clinton, while having an affair himself was repug. justice. —  CNN Political Ticker
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  1. 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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