Rambo

English

Etymology

Wikipedia

After John Rambo, a fictional Vietnam War veteran and protagonist of the Rambo film series. Rambo is also the name of an old farm in Vestfold county, Norway ("Rambøe" 1664, "Ramboe" 1723) - and about 65 people in Norway have Rambo as a family name. The Norse form of the name might have been *Hrafnabú. The first element is then the genitive pluralis of hrafn m 'raven', and the last element is bú n 'farm'. The name was brought to the US by Norwegian settlers.

Noun

Rambo

1. (figuratively) One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.

Synonyms

• loose cannon

Derived terms

• Rambomania

See also

• masculism

References

• "Journal; The 'Rambo' Culture", New York Times, 11 May 1995, Frank Rich
• Gender Trials: Rambo Litigators and Mothering Paralegals, University of California Press, 1995, Jennifer Pierce
• "Rambo's Brothers Cruise Clogged Expressways", U.S. News and World Report, 10 August 1987, Ted Gest
• "Freeway Rambos", S.F. Examiner, 1987
• "Rambo's Boys: The Lure of the Violent Father", Vol.8 No.3, Track Two, December 1999, Center for Conflict Resolution, Roshila Nair
• Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The Compulsion to Win and Its Threat to Human Survival, SUNY Press, George Fellman