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imbo

imbo noun: an idiot, a fool.

Noun

imbo (plural imbos)

  1. (Australia, slang) An idiot, a fool.
    • SAM: Top idiots. Imbos.1974, Jim McNeil, How Does Your Garden Grow, Scene Three
    • “[D]on't let it go to your head, imbo. You might end up being all head and no body like Bandy-Andy.”1986, Paul Radley, Jacks Rivers And Me

Examples of imbo in a sentence

  • “Just my luck to get behind an imbo in a Nash Rambler.1990, Sammy Davis, Jr., Yes I Can:
  • im an imbo, world's worst punter #fact handled it horribly as usual then found myself roaring at TV thinking horse won #wrong2014 June 14, MCruicky, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 May 2023:

Forms of imbo

pluralimbos

Origin of imbo

From a clipping of imbecile + -o (diminutive suffix).

Questions about imbo

What does imbo mean?
Imbo means an idiot, a fool.
How do you use imbo in a sentence?
“Just my luck to get behind an imbo in a Nash Rambler.
What part of speech is imbo?
Imbo is a noun.
What is the plural of imbo?
The plural of imbo is imbos.

Words near imbo in the dictionary

  1. imblazoned
  2. imblazoning
  3. imblazons
  4. Imbler
  5. imbloodypossible
  6. imbo
  7. Imboden
  8. Imbodens
  9. imbodied
  10. imbodies
  11. imbody

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