jabroni

American  

[juh-broh-nee] / dʒəˈbroʊ ni /

noun

1. Slang. a stupid, foolish, or contemptible person; loser: Shut your mouth, you dumb jabroni!

   She always has a comeback to own the trolls and jabronis on Twitter.

   Shut your mouth, you dumb jabroni!

2. Also called jobber.  Also called enhancement talent.  Professional Wrestling. a wrestler whose purpose is to lose matches against headlining wrestlers in order to build up the status and fame of the headliners.

   The man is a legend in the ring—he eats jabronis for breakfast.

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Usage

What is a jabroni? Jabroni is a slang term meaning a foolish, contemptible person or a loser.Jabroni is an insult that is used to demean others. While you and your friends might teasingly use it to insult each other in fun, calling someone you don’t know a jabroni could be hurtful, though not as hurtful as more vulgar slang terms.In the professional wrestling industry, a jabroni is a wrestler who is brought into a match specifically to lose to a newer wrestler to build up the newer wrestler’s popularity. A jabroni might also be called a jobber or enhancement talent.In World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestlers use the term to insult their opponents and make them seem small or weak.

Etymology

Origin of jabroni

First recorded in 1915–20 jabroni for def. 1 and in 1995–2000 jabroni for def. 2; origin uncertain; perhaps from Upper Italian such as Milan dialect giambone “ham”

Example Sentences

Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who used the term “jabroni” to insult his ring opponents, has credited The Iron Sheik with making it famous in wrestling circles.

From Washington Times

At one point, Brown told Weddle “shut up Jabroni.”

From Los Angeles Times

The unemployed wide receiver got into a Twitter exchange Thursday with Rams safety Eric Weddle — calling him a “Jabroni.”

From Washington Times

Finally, after months of saying they wouldn't, the New York Football Giants went ahead and did, announcing that Daniel Jones—the 6th overall draft pick that every Giants jabroni despised in April and has been begging for since August—would be taking over the reigns of their sickly, bow-legged husk of a franchise moving forward.

From Golf Digest

No matter what you do, some jabroni who auto-drafted and forgot their flex was on bye will still smoke you like brisket at a Kansas City tailgate.

From Golf Digest