English

Noun

jabroni ‎(plural jabronis)

1. (professional wrestling slang) a performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
   • 2004, Heenan, Bobby "The Brain"; Anderson, Steve, Chair Shots and Other Obstacles: Winning Life's Wrestling Matches, ISBN 978-1582617626, page 148:

     A jobber—also known as jabroni, extra, and enhancement talent—is playing the part of getting beat all the time.

2. An obnoxious person, a loser (most often said of males), especially one who portrays themselves to be more powerful, competent or important than they really are.
   • 2012, The Sasquatch Chronicles by James Barry

     “Now look here, jabroni.

   • 2009, The Postal Record, Volume 122

     We have a vice-president of sustainability. Can anyone tell me just what this jabroni does?

   • 2002, Columbia Spectator by Michael Ricci

     Sometimes a person is stuck as a jabroni for life. Geraldo Rivera--there's a guy who no matter how high he grows his hair, how full he grows his moustache, or how dangerous an assignment he goes on as an "investigative reporter," he'll always be a jabroni.

3. (offensive) An immigrant, especially a recently-arrived one.
   • 2012, tarrar

     look at all these Indians going wild, just look at these worthless jabronis.

   • 2010, SC_Local

     Why don't you take a swim back across the Rio Grande, jabroni.

Synonyms

• jobber

See also

• tomato can

See also

• jabrone
• jiboney
• jabroney

References

• 2009, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English By Tom Dalzell