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dunzo en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʌn.zoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈdʌn.zəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Perhaps from done + -s + -o; connection with -o and with gone-zo seems apparent, but the timing and direction of influence is unclear.

Meanings

1. (US, not-comparable, slang) Done, finished.
   • I pulled open my dad's bedside table and looked through the pill bottles to find something I could munch on. Heart medicine, arthritis medicine, blister pack of Viagra. I thought about grabbing some for later, because why not, but I checked the expiration date and they were dunzo two years ago. 2015, Karolina Waclawiak, The Invaders, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:
   • Sure, but I think I'm donezo. I need a glass of water, or I'm going to have a motherfucker of a hangover tomorrow. 2023, Sam Esmail, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, spoken by Amanda (Julia Roberts):
   • Tom: Fine. Then don't drink it. Just get other people to drink it, okay? Meeting in one hour. If you don't make it, you're on my done-zo list. Ben: Uh, what's a done-zo list? Tom: It means you and I are done-zo. Hanging out, getting food together, done-zo. You want to come over to my house and play video games? Done-zo. "Hey, Tom, you want to come play putt-putt with me?" No, we're done-zo. 2011 May 12, Amy Poehler, “The Fight”, in Parks and Recreation, spoken by Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari):
   • If Ryan and I were actually really, truly dunzo, I was going to have a hell of a time trying to get over him. 2012, Karina Halle, The Devil's Metal, Diversion Books, →ISBN:
   • Confused and wondering what I'd done wrong, I eventually realized that if you say no to nakedness, especially with Bruce Weber, you're pretty much dunzo in the modeling business. 2014, Courtney Robertson, I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

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