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go combo

go combo verb: of a Caucasian man: to have a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman.

Verb

go combo (third-person singular simple present goes combo, present participle going combo, simple past went combo, past participle gone combo)

  1. (Australia, slang) of a Caucasian man: to have a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman
    • She learned to her horror that the men of Capricornia said that once a man went combo he could never again look with pleasure on a white woman unless he blacked her face.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter III, in Capricornia, page 47
    • Hence, the play abounds with abject or degraded forms of whiteness embodied in characters who use addictive drugs, go combo, commit violent crimes or simply succumb to the tropical heat.2003, Helen Gilbert, “Millennial blues: racism, nationalism and the legacy of empire”, in Elizabeth Schafer, Susan Bradley, editors, Playing Australia: Australian Theatre and the International Stage...

Forms of go combo

third-person singular presentgoes combo
present participlegoing combo
pastwent combo
past participlegone combo

Questions about go combo

What does go combo mean?
Go combo means of a Caucasian man: to have a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman.
What part of speech is go combo?
Go combo is a verb.
What is the past tense of go combo?
The past tense of go combo is went combo.

Words near go combo in the dictionary

  1. go chase yourself
  2. go cheap
  3. go climb a tree
  4. go code
  5. go codes
  6. go combo
  7. go commando
  8. go commit
  9. go country
  10. go crazy
  11. go cunch

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