gonzo

2 definitions found

gonzo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gonzo
      adj 1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
             "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another
             like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a
             freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall
             antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre
             and affected stage antics" [syn: bizarre, eccentric,
             freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-  the-wall
             , outlandish, outre]

gonzo - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  gonzo
   /gon'zoh/, adj.
  
     [from Hunter S. Thompson]
  
     1. With total commitment, total concentration, and a mad sort of
     panache. (Thompson's original sense.)
  
     2. More loosely: Overwhelming; outrageous; over the top; very large,
     esp. used of collections of source code, source files, or individual
     functions. Has some of the connotations of moby and hairy, but
     without the implication of obscurity or complexity.