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gonzo

1) Crazy, madcap, unwieldy, or anarchistic.

2) A perticular style of journalism used most famously by writer Hunter S. Thompson in the 60s and 70s, in which the journalist becomes a part of the action. A natural extension of Tom Wolfe's "New Journalism", Based upon the idea that fiction and journalism are both a means to the same end, and that the best journalists have always known this.

3) A blue character on the Muppets with a very phallic nose.

4) A style of first-person pornography, from the view of the camera operator.
There were people running around everywhere, it was pure gonzo!
by Phil Nelson August 2, 2004
mugGet the gonzomug.

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