Talk:jabroni

RFV discussion: January–February 2018
A messy entry in general, but an anon tried to remove the last sense (a slur against immigrants), claiming it is nonexistent, and indeed the two "cites" are not cites at all. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 06:30, 17 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Of course they are cites, they are simply cites that are not on durably archived sources. I did find one on Usenet, which I added, but frankly, I suspect none of these things really mean immigrant - I think they are just more of the use of "jabroni" as a general term of abuse. It's just that the second definition is overly-specific. Kiwima (talk) 20:22, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:49, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

This term has been around in wrestling since at least the early 80s. Here's a link to Mean Gene Okerlund saying it in 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyD8scQMcyI#t=7m40s That's the earliest I can find but I definitely heard it being thrown around in 1982 as a worker for Mid-South Wrestling. At that time it was used specifically for jobbers but was used as a joke to refer to any wrestler no matter how over. Wrasslin (talk) 04:53, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Atlantic crossword
Never came across this word before. It was clued in today's 'The Atlantic' crossword as 'Numbskull.' Cross Reference (talk) 11:49, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Iron Sheik
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gives credit for the word “jabroni” — see: youtu.be/pjD1yMU8x60