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The Iron Sheik's 'jabroni' added to dictionary

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"Jabroni," the word made famous by The Iron Sheik and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, has been officially recognized by the dictionary.

Dictionary.com announced Tuesday that "jabroni" was added to the website as part of its biggest update ever. It defines the word as "a stupid, foolish, or contemptible person; loser" and "a wrestler whose purpose is to lose matches against headlining wrestlers in order to build up the status and fame of the headliners."

Johnson was quick to credit The Iron Sheik for creating the word, tweeting, "For the record, I may have made the word 'Jabroni' (a noun, btw;) famous and part of culture, BUT the Iron Sheik made it famous in our wild wrestling locker rooms!"

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