Jasbo, Jazzbo derived from jasper=strange guy

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Aug 8 18:51:12 UTC 2003


At 11:10 AM -0700 8/8/03, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>dale coye suggests an r-less source of jasbo/jazzbo from jasper.
>possibly, but there's also the nickname suffix -bo as a possibility.
>(what does anybody know about *this*?  is it related to "boy"?)  jimbo
>for james/jim is well attested (Rebel Without a Cause comes
>immediately to mind), but i've heard some others, like robbo, timbo,
>and herbbo.  the question now is: how long has this suffix been
>around?  as long as a hundred years?
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)

Dare one add "Sambo"?

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