Mondo Bizarroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Italian mondo (“world”) and bizzarro (“bizarre”), originally from the 1966 film of that name.

発音

名詞

mondo bizarro (uncountable)

1. The world of the surreal or bizarre.
   • 1980, Washington Post, 19 April 1980, c1/1:

     It was just part of a week in which the news..went further and further into the realm of Mondo Bizarro.

   • 1995, Tom Pilkington, "A Twisted Family Feud", World & I, January 1995:

     Like most of Goyen's fiction, the story is set in mondo bizarro and is an allegory of the kind of pinched, destructive moral code that hovers over East Texans like a poisonous fog.

   • 2001 December 17, Mitch Farmer, “Re: <> Lets see what happens to this:<>”, in alt.fan.oj-simpson, Usenet‎^[1]:

     It's more of a curious interest I have into the workings of those living in Mondo Bizarro.

形容詞

mondo bizarro (comparative more mondo bizarro, superlative most mondo bizarro)

1. (slang) Extremely bizarre.
   • 1977, Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Cookbook, Ten Speed Press, published 1977, →ISBN, page 69:

     Mondo bizarro sauce—for your spaghetti.

   • 1990 October 23, “Unknown”, in New York Newsday, New York, NY, page i. 11/1:

     He claims that when Jackson became best friends with ‘Webster’ star Emmanuel Lewis.., they had an innocent, although mondo bizarro relationship.

   • 2000 July 5, “Decisions, decisions”, in Tribune, Electronic edition, Tampa, FL, page 4:

     If you are a fan of mondo-bizarro programs such as ‘Survivor’ and ‘Big Brother’, you have another choice.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:mondo bizarro.