Meanings
plural imbos
- AustraliaslangAn idiot, a fool.
SAM: Top idiots. Imbos.
1974, Jim McNeil, How Does Your Garden Grow, Scene Three3 more examples
“[D]on't let it go to your head, imbo. You might end up being all head and no body like Bandy-Andy.”
1986, Paul Radley, Jacks Rivers And MeI 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.
1990, Sammy Davis, Jr., Yes I Canim an imbo, world's worst punter #fact handled it horribly as usual then found myself roaring at TV thinking horse won #wrong
2014 June 14, MCruicky, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 May 2023
Origin
From a clipping of imbecile + -o (diminutive suffix).
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imbo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbo
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