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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gonzo</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gonkulator.html" title="gonkulator"/><link rel="next" href="Good-Thing.html" title="Good Thing"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gonzo</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gonkulator.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Good-Thing.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gonzo"/><dt xmlns="" id="gonzo"><b>gonzo</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/gon´zoh/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from Hunter S. Thompson]</p></dd><dd><p> 1. With total commitment, total concentration, and a mad sort of
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panache. (Thompson's original sense.) </p></dd><dd><p> 2. More loosely: Overwhelming; outrageous; over the top; very large,
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esp. used of collections of source code, source files, or individual
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functions. Has some of the connotations of <a href="../M/moby.html"><i class="glossterm">moby</i></a> and
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<a href="../H/hairy.html"><i class="glossterm">hairy</i></a>, but without the implication of obscurity or
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