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reckless | rambo |

As an adjective reckless

is careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.

As a noun Rambo is

one who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.

reckless

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
  • Indifferent to danger or the consequences.

    • Antonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * recklessness

    Anagrams

    *

    rambo

    English

    Noun

  • (figuratively) One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.

    • Synonyms

    * loose cannon

    Derived terms

    * Rambomania

    See also

    * masculism

    References

    * "Journal; The 'Rambo' Culture", New York Times , 11 May 1995, Frank Rich * Gender Trials: Rambo Litigators and Mothering Paralegals , University of California Press, 1995, Jennifer Pierce * "Rambo's Brothers Cruise Clogged Expressways", U.S. News and World Report , 10 August 1987, Ted Gest * "Freeway Rambos", S.F. Examiner , 1987 * "Rambo's Boys: The Lure of the Violent Father", Vol.8 No.3, Track Two , December 1999, Center for Conflict Resolution, Roshila Nair * Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The Compulsion to Win and Its Threat to Human Survival , SUNY Press, George Fellman English eponyms