SC - Acolytes

[marilyn traber]

Mark Schuldenfrei wrote:
> 
>   Afflicted?  Lunatic?  Those sound like the words of Infidels, along with
>   maniacal and other such synonyms.  I assure you, this group is gonzo.
> 
> gonzo - adjective
> Slang.
>     1.  Using exaggerated, often highly subjective or self-indulgent
>     style and tending toward bizarre or unconventional subjects,
>     chiefly in journalism: "a hyperkinetic, gonzo version of Graham
>     Greene" (New Yorker).
> 
>     2.  Bizarre; unconventional.
> 
>     [Perhaps Italian, simpleton (perhaps short for Borgonzone,
>     Burgundian) and or Spanish ganso, dullard, goose (of Germanic
>     origin).]

I would give some serious thought to the fact that it is closely
associated with the works of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (as in "gonzo
journalism"). Depending on the ages of the references you cite, could it
be some kind of late beat era slang?

Adamantius

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