jabroni

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jabroni

/d͡ʒəˈbɹoʊni/ US

Rhymes with -əʊni

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Alteration of earlier gibone (also spelled jiboney, jaboney, etc.), possibly from dialectal Italian giambone (“ham”, also “self-important fool”). As a wrestling term, it was popularized by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who claimed to have borrowed it from the Iron Sheik. Prior to its popularization by Johnson, the term had also been used by Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and others.

noun jabronis · jabrone · jabroney

An obnoxious or contemptible person; a crybaby. Howard glared at the kid walking towards him. "Now look here, jabroni. These are my trails and that's my tree house you're playing house in, and I don't remember you asking me permission to be here.[…]"
slang A performer whose primary role is to lose according to social standing. Get out of that, uh, jabroni outfit.
Similar: jobber

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@misc{jabroni_2026,
  title = {jabroni},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jabroni},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}