imbo

English

Etymology

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

Noun

imbo (plural imbos)

1. (Australia, slang) An idiot, a fool.
   • 1974, Jim McNeil, How Does Your Garden Grow, Scene Three:

     SAM: Top idiots. Imbos.

   • 1986, Paul Radley, Jacks Rivers And Me:

     “[D]on't let it go to your head, imbo. You might end up being all head and no body like Bandy-Andy.”

   • 1990, Sammy Davis, Jr., Yes I Can:

     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.

   • 2014 June 14, MCruicky, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 May 2023:

     im an imbo, world's worst punter #fact handled it horribly as usual then found myself roaring at TV thinking horse won #wrong

References

“imbo n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present