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  • proper noun informal A nickname for a person whose name is Jack, whose surname is Jackson, or similar.

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Examples

  • I wonder who Wako Jacko is endorsing ... since were asking??!?

    Elizabeth Taylor urges primary voters to back Clinton 2008

  • Within the Army and those around it, "Macho Jacko" is generally regarded as having been a disastrous CGS.

    Losing the plot Richard 2006

  • The last insult came from Rupert Murdoch's Sun tabloid publishing a photo of the dead Jackson front page in Britain with the racist moniker "Jacko" -- whose origin describes monkeys and can be a slur used for those of African descent.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rev. Barbara Kaufmann 2011

  • And since it's Friday, how do you get the name Jacko? "

    CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2005 2005

  • For the life of me I can not see how you could call Jacko "black" when he became progressively more white each year, to the point where I have seen Scotsmen return from a week's holiday in Spain who are more black that he was.

    JACKO WHACKED. 2009

  • One sister was named Choo, and the other Chaa, and one brother was called Jacko, and the other Bumpo.

    Mappo, the Merry Monkey Richard Barnum

  • I may say that the records for Rat - killing in Rat-pits are held by a dog called Jacko, which killed

    Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher Matthews, Ike 1898

  • Around the globe, the King of Pop's supporters are already scanning headlines and airwaves for stories that contain inaccuracies about the singer's life, brand him a pedophile or describe him by the dismissive moniker "Jacko."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Infamous for it's explicit rape scene and bloody violence which got it put on the UK's "Video Nasties" list, Karl Howman ("Jacko" of Brush Strokes fame) and director/stunt double Vic Armstrong play the rapists (so most of their big scene has ended up in the BBFC's personal viewing drawer).

    Exposé aka Trauma aka The House On Straw Hill X-Y-Z-Cosmonaut 2010

  • We at least get to see a bit more of Karl "Jacko" Howman's bare arse in this one during the notorious Linda Hayden rape scene - if that does something for you...

    Exposé aka Trauma aka The House On Straw Hill (Pre-Cert UK Uncut Version) X-Y-Z-Cosmonaut 2010

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