gonzo

UK /ˈɡɒnzəʊ/ US /ˈɡɑnzoʊ/
adj 2noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Using an unconventional, exaggerated, and highly subjective style, often when the reporter takes part in the events of the story.

I ask Hunter to explain ... Just what is Gonzo Journalism? ... “Gonzo all started with Bill Cardosa ^([sic]), ... after I wrote the Kentucky Derby piece for Scanlan's ... the first time I realized you could write different. And ... I got this note from Cardosa saying, ‘That was pure gonzo journalism!’ ... Some Boston word for weird, bizarre.”

2

Unconventional, bizarre, crazy.

Nicholson’s Torrance is an evil clown ... Appropriately, pop culture has embraced him as a gonzo antihero: Ads for T-shirts emblazoned with the “Here’s Johnny” Nicholson

noun

1

Gonzo journalism or a journalist who produces such journalism.

“Unstable” indeed! Those swine: Next year we should demand a gonzo category – or maybe R S should give it. Of course: “The first annual Rolling Stone award for the year's finest example of pure gonzo journalism.”

2

A wild or crazy person.

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