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名詞

imbo (複数形 imbos)

1. (Australia, slang) An idiot, a fool.
   • 1974, Jim McNeil, How Does Your Garden Grow, Scene Three:

     SAM: Top idiots. Imbos.

   • 1986, Paul Radley, Jacks Rivers And Me:

     “[D]on't let it go to your head, imbo. You might end up being all head and no body like Bandy-Andy.”

   • 1990, Sammy Davis, Jr., Yes I Can:

     I blew three lights because the car in front of me was doing twenty miles an hour and I was afraid to weave in and out of lanes to pass him. “Just my luck to get behind an imbo in a Nash Rambler.

   • 2014 June 14, MCruicky, Twitter‎^[1]:

     im an imbo, world's worst punter #fact handled it horribly as usual then found myself roaring at TV thinking horse won #wrong

参照

Jonathon Green (2023), “imbo n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang