different between ginzo vs gonzo

English

Etymology

Diminutive of Guinea +? -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

ginzo (plural ginzos or ginzoes)

1. (Northeastern US, slang, offensive, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person of Italian birth or descent.

English

Etymology

Coined in 1971 by Boston Globe editor Bill Cardoso. Of uncertain origin; OED proposes Italian gonzo (“dolt”) and/or Spanish ganso (“dolt, goose”). The etymology supplied by Cardoso himself (French gonzeaux) is spurious.

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?n?z?
• (US) IPA^(key): /???nzo?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???nz??/
• Rhymes: -?nz??

Adjective

gonzo (comparative more gonzo, superlative most gonzo)

1. (journalism) Using an unconventional, exaggerated and highly subjective style, often when the reporter takes part in the events of the story.
2. Unconventional, bizarre, crazy. [from 1974]

Derived terms

• gonzo journalism

Noun

gonzo (plural gonzos)

1. Gonzo journalism or a journalist who produces such journalism.
2. A wild or crazy person.

References

Further reading

• gonzo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Galician

Etymology

From Old French gons, from Latin gomphus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (gómphos), from Proto-Hellenic *gómp?os, from Proto-Indo-European *?ómb?os. Doublet of golfón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??on.?o/, [??on??], (western) [??ons?]
• Hyphenation: gon?zo

Noun

gonzo m (plural gonzos)

1. hinge

   Synonyms: bisagra f, porlón m

Derived terms

• engonzar
• esgonzar

References

• “gonço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “gonzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gonzo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gonzo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Unknown. Some suggest by aphesis from Latin ver?cundus (“bashful, shamefaced”, see verecondo and vergogna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??on.d?zo/
• Hyphenation: gón?zo

Adjective

gonzo (feminine gonza, masculine plural gonzi, feminine plural gonze)

1. stupid, dumb

   Synonyms: babbeo, fesso, grullo, ingenuo, scemo, sciocco, sempliciotto, sprovveduto, stolto, stupido, tonto

Noun

gonzo m (plural gonzi, feminine gonza)

1. simpleton, dolt; dupe

   Synonyms: babbeo, fesso, grullo, ingenuo, minchione, scemo, sciocco, sempliciotto, sprovveduto, stolto, stupido, tonto

Descendants

• ? French: gonze

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French gons, from Latin gomphus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (gómphos), from Proto-Hellenic *gómp?os, from Proto-Indo-European *?ómb?os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??õ.zu/
• Hyphenation: gon?zo

Noun

gonzo m (plural gonzos)

1. hinge