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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 Spanishganso,dullard, goose (of Germanic origin; seeghans- inIndo-European roots).]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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,plgonzos
a wild or crazy person
[C20: perhaps from Italian, literally: fool, or Spanishganso idiot, bumpkin (literally: goose)]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.gonzo - conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusualgonzo - 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"
unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"
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