Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imbo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-bo
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An idiot, a fool.

Australian usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"SAM: Top idiots. Imbos."
"“[D]on't let it go to your head, imbo. You might end up being all head and no body like Bandy-Andy.”"
"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."
"im an imbo, world's worst punter #fact handled it horribly as usual then found myself roaring at TV thinking horse won #wrong"

Etymology

From a clipping of imbecile + -o (diminutive suffix).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -o

Usage

Inflected Forms

imbos (plural)

Questions

What does imbo mean?: An idiot, a fool.
Where does imbo come from?: From a clipping of imbecile + -o (diminutive suffix).

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