jambo

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jambo¹

noun jambos · jamboes

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of jambul

Jambo²

Where it comes from

Diminutive of jam, from another nickname for the club, Jam Tarts, as rhyming slang for Hearts.

noun Jambos

  1. UK, slang A member or fan of Heart of Midlothian F.C., a Scottish football club.

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"jambo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jambo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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jambo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jambo

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"jambo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jambo.

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@misc{jambo_2026,
  title = {jambo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jambo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}