Meanings
alternative mondo-bizarro
- uncountableThe world of the surreal or bizarre.
It's more of a curious interest I have into the workings of those living in Mondo Bizarro.
2001 December 17, Mitch Farmer, “Re: <> Lets see what happens to this:<>”, in alt.fan.oj-simpson (Usenet)2 more examples
It was just part of a week in which the news..went further and further into the realm of Mondo Bizarro.
1980 April 19, Washington Post, c1/1Like most of Goyen's fiction, the story is set in mondo bizarro and is an allegory of the kind of pinched, destructive moral code that hovers over East Texans like a poisonous fog.
1995 January, Tom Pilkington, “A Twisted Family Feud”, in World & I
comparative more mondo bizarro · superlative most mondo bizarro · alternative mondo-bizarro
- slangExtremely bizarre.
Mondo bizarro sauce—for your spaghetti.
1977, Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Cookbook, Ten Speed Press, published 1977, →ISBN, page 692 more examples
He claims that when Jackson became best friends with ‘Webster’ star Emmanuel Lewis.., they had an innocent, although mondo bizarro relationship.
1990 October 23, “Unknown”, in New York Newsday, New York, NY, page i. 11/1If you are a fan of mondo-bizarro programs such as ‘Survivor’ and ‘Big Brother’, you have another choice.
2000 July 5, “Decisions, decisions”, in Tribune, Electronic edition, Tampa, FL, page 4
Origin
- Italianmondo“world”
- Englishmondo bizarro
From Italian mondo (“world”) and bizzarro (“bizarre”), originally from the 1966 film of that name.
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