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Garbo vs Gaybo - What's the difference?

garbo | gaybo |

As nouns the difference between garbo and gaybo

is that garbo is polo-neck (uk''), turtleneck (''us ) while gaybo is (slang|pejorative) a gay man.

garbo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, informal) A rubbish collector.
  • * 1986 , Emily George, Merri Lee: A Feminist Fantasy , page 124,
    • Then believe it or not, I worked for some time as a garbo , collecting the rubbish in the wee hours of the morning.
  • * 1998 , Hall Greenland, Red Hot: The Life & Times of Nick Origlass, 1908-1996 , page 253,
    • The referendum papers, accompanied by a strong statement of Council?s position, was to be letterboxed by the Council?s “garbos ” (rubbish collectors) and inspectors on a Thursday and collected by volunteers over the weekend.
  • * 2010 , Zana Fraillon, Monstrum House: Locked In , unnumbered page,
    • As far as Jasper was concerned, his mum being a garbo was pretty cool. She got to drive a truck and be home in time to take his little sisters to school. Before she got the job as a rubbish collector, his mum had done shift work and it was left to Jasper to get his sisters to school.
  • * 2010 , Adam Shand, The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia?s Toughest Cop , page 350,
    • The priest would bring salvation while the garbo took the rubbish.

    Synonyms

    * bin man (UK) * dustman (UK) * garbage collector (qualifier) * garbage man (qualifier) * refuse collector (UK) * sanitation engineer (qualifier) * trashman (qualifier)

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    gaybo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) A gay man.