mondo bizarro

See also: mondo-bizarro

English

Alternative forms

• mondo-bizarro

Etymology

From Italian mondo (“world”) and bizzarro (“bizarre”), originally from the 1966 film of that name.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mondo bizarro (uncountable)

1. The world of the surreal or bizarre.
   • 1980 April 19, Washington Post, c1/1:

     It was just part of a week in which the news..went further and further into the realm of Mondo Bizarro.

   • 1995 January, Tom Pilkington, “A Twisted Family Feud”, in World & I:

     Like 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.

   • 2001 December 17, Mitch Farmer, “Re: <> Lets see what happens to this:<>”, in alt.fan.oj-simpson‎^[1] (Usenet):

     It's more of a curious interest I have into the workings of those living in Mondo Bizarro.

Adjective

mondo bizarro (comparative more mondo bizarro, superlative most mondo bizarro)

1. (slang) Extremely bizarre.
   • 1977, Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Cookbook, Ten Speed Press, published 1977, →ISBN, page 69:

     Mondo bizarro sauce—for your spaghetti.

   • 1990 October 23, “Unknown”, in New York Newsday, New York, NY, page i. 11/1:

     He claims that when Jackson became best friends with ‘Webster’ star Emmanuel Lewis.., they had an innocent, although mondo bizarro relationship.

   • 2000 July 5, “Decisions, decisions”, in Tribune, Electronic edition, Tampa, FL, page 4:

     If you are a fan of mondo-bizarro programs such as ‘Survivor’ and ‘Big Brother’, you have another choice.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mondo bizarro.