jingo

jingo (jiŋ′gō)

noun pl. -·goes

a person who boasts of his or her patriotism and favors an aggressive, threatening, warlike foreign policy; chauvinist

Etymology: < phr. by jingo in the refrain of a patriotic Brit music-hall song (1878): orig. ? euphemism for Jesus

adjective

of jingoes; jingoistic

jin′·go·ism′ noun, adjective jin′·go·ist noun jin′·go·is′·tic adjective jin′·go·is′·ti·cally adverb

by jingo!

Informal an exclamation used to indicate strong assertion, surprise, etc.

Adjective modifier

journalistic: So my plea is to stop the journalistic jingo and to start to think and report.

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