gonzo

Meanings

Adjective

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

Noun

• Gonzo journalism or a journalist who produces such journalism.
• A wild or crazy person.

Origin

• Coined in 1971 by Boston Globe editor Bill Cardoso. Of Unknown origin; OED proposes Italian gonzo ("dolt") and/or Spanish ganso ("dolt, goose"). The etymology supplied by Cardoso himself (French gonze) is spurious.