gonzo
adjective
gon·zo
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Definition of gonzo
1
: of, relating to, or being a style of journalism marked by a lack of objectivity due to the writer's immersion in the subject and often participation in the activity being documented
gonzo journalism a gonzo journalist
2 informal
a
: outlandishly unconventional, outrageous, or extreme
a gonzo comedian
b
: very strange or unusual : bizarre
gonzo notions
Examples of gonzo in a Sentence
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Lumpinee is most famous locally for its advertising leaflets, astonishing folk-art documents that rank right up there in sheer gonzo complexity with squeeze bottles of Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap. — Peter Meehan, Los Angeles Times, "A collection of Gold-isms: soft-porn videocassettes, Claes Oldenburg and Metallica," 18 July 2019 Saturday’s masquerade may be a costume maker’s nirvana, but every day at the Con is chockablock with gonzo wardrobes, seductive graphics, stunning animations. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "50 Shades of Comic-Con: What we’ve gained and lost in five decades of pop culture celebrations," 14 July 2019 In fact, total jobs added in the Trump administration so far is an impressive 5.6 million net new jobs, fewer than a million behind the gonzo jobs creation of the Obama administration's final 29 months (6.4 million). — Christine Romans, CNN, "What now for markets? Beware potential for Washington to create mischief," 9 July 2019 First, Somerville will be teaming up with director and executive producer S.J. Clarkson (Jessica Jones) to turn Alissa Nutting’s gonzo novel Made For Love into a 10-episode, half-hour comedy. — Marcus Jones, EW.com, "Best-selling books Made For Love and Station Eleven are being brought to TV by Maniac showrunner," 26 June 2019 Those slices of 21st century American naming convention, though, don’t interest me as much as the truly gonzo, minor-character-in-a-Thomas-Pynchon-novel-esque monikers that the draft provides with regularity every summer. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "There's No Villain in the Madison Bumgarner-Max Muncy Spat," 11 June 2019 Or perhaps the legacy of early African-American filmmakers like Oscar Micheaux, whose gonzo style of independent filmmaking favored filling every frame with as much entertainment as the story could bear? — Veronica Chambers, Marie Claire, "My favorite Black rom-coms are a reminder that falling in love isn’t a solitary affair.," 13 Feb. 2019 The mythology really took over as the series went along, and the third film’s exploration of the story’s universe, while turning back the clock a little bit, gives it a fresh feeling and a gloriously gonzo finale. — Dylan Scott, Vox, "13 found-footage horror movies actually worth watching this Halloween," 19 Oct. 2018 But what’s most unexpectedly gratifying is how much energy veteran standup director Jeff Tomsic and his splashy cast pour into ensuring that this is legit entertainment, packed with gonzo wit and even some sentiment. — Tom Russo, BostonGlobe.com, "Looking for just the right touch in ‘Tag’," 13 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gonzo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gonzo
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of gonzo
chiefly US, informal
: having a very strange or unusual quality
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