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 [duhm-boh]  

dum·bo

   [duhm-boh] noun, plural dum·bos, adjective Slang.
noun
1.
a stupid person: a class full of dumbos.
adjective
2.
stupid or foolish: What a dumbo idea!

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Origin:
‡ 1955–60; dumb + -o
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dumbo (ˈdʌmbəʊ)
 
—n , pl -bos
slang a slow-witted unintelligent person
 
[C20: after the flying elephant in Dumbo, the Walt Disney cartoon released in 1941]

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dumbo definition

[ˈdəmbo]
  1. n.
    a stupid oaf. (Also a rude term of address.) : Say, dumbo, could you move out of the way?
  2. n.
    someone with large ears. (Also a rude term of address. The name of a cartoon character elephant whose ears were large enough to fly with.) : Wow, look at that dumbo with size twenty ears!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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