jabroni

noun

ja·​bro·​ni jə-ˈbrō-nē 

plural jabronis or jabronies

1

slang : a stupid, loutish person : jerk, meathead

I saw a few people use the towels as blankets that frigid night, before some jabroni decided to turn them into kindling.

—Stephanie Farr

… the scammers will point out the mechanical issue and try to buy it for significantly cheaper with the goal of turning around and selling it after a quick repair. What a bunch of jabronis.

—Jake Hutchison

2

slang : a professional wrestler whose job is to lose matches to enhance the status of featured wrestlers : jobber

Scott Steiner's opponent in the main event is no jabroni; he's taking on Glenn Osbourne, who used to wrestle in ECW [=Extreme Championship Wrestling]. … Steiner will not have an easy night ahead of him …

—Michael Danilowicz

… back in those days, before Hogan became Hogan … he was just Andre The Giant's jabroni.

—Larry Zbyszko, quoted in The Baltimore Sun

Word History

Etymology

earlier jaboney, jiboney, perhaps borrowed from regional Italian (Piedmont & Lombardy) giambone "ham," borrowed from French jambon, going back to Old French — more at gammon entry 1

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined at sense 1