dr. fred mbogo /m-boh'goh, dok'tr fred/ n. 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.


see also:
bogus bogon bloggs family j. random hacker fred foobar fred