[Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to see about a problem,
esp. an incompetent professional; a shyster. "Do you know a good eye
doctor?" "Sure, try Mbogo Eye Care and Professional Dry Cleaning."
The name comes from synergy between {bogus} and the original Dr.
Mbogo, a witch doctor who was Gomez Addams' physician on the old
Addams Family TV show. Interestingly enough, it turns out that under
the rules for Swahili noun classes, `m-' is the characteristic prefix
of "nouns referring to human beings". As such, "mbogo" is quite
plausible as a Swahili coinage for a person having the nature of a
{bogon}. Actually, "mbogo" is indeed a Ki-Swahili word referring to
the African Cape Buffalo, syncerus caffer. It is one of the "big
five" dangerous African game animals, and many people with bush
experience believe it to be the most dangerous of them. Compare
{Bloggs Family} and {J. Random Hacker}; see also {Fred Foobar} and
{fred}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Bloggs Family}{bogus}{fred}{Fred Foobar}]