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Rambo2|ˈræmbəʊ|
The name of the hero of David Morrell's novel First Blood (1972), popularized in the films First Blood (1982) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), a Vietnam war veteran represented as macho, self-sufficient, and bent on violent retribution: used allusively. Hence Ramboˈesque a., resembling Rambo, his attitude, or behaviour; ˈRamboism, conduct or attitudes resembling those of Rambo; Rambo-like a.
[1982N.Y. Times 22 Oct. c6/5 Mr. Stallone's Rambo isn't a cold-blooded killer. He's almost a Boy Scout.] 1985Washington Post 6 July a19 Given the bomb-'em-kill-'em suggestions pulsing from the typewriters of 100 literate Rambos, a boycott of the airport was the most reasonable act suggested. Ibid. 9 July a2/5 To lawyers, as to other Americans, Ronald Reagan apparently has become the stars and stripes for ever. By his own oft-stated, Rambo-like standards, the hostage crisis was a downer. There was none of the threatened ‘swift and effective retribution’. 1986Christian Science Monitor 6 Jan. 18/3 Ramboism is becoming pervasive enough. 1986Washington Post 12 Jan. d5/4 [Metzenbaum] was a critic of the ‘rogue elephant’ that the CIA became during the years of targeting a Lumumba or a Castro for ‘elimination with extreme prejudice’... Metzenbaum repeated his Ramboesque bombshell in an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1986N.Y. Times 21 Apr. d12/4 Clercq..described American trade policy as ‘Rambo-like diplomacy’. 1986Punch 11 June 18 Malcolm ‘Rambo’ Rifkind—as the lean and very hungry-looking Scottish secretary has come to be called. |