The name Homer gives to the monstrous gambling vice that has metaphorically "enslaved" Marge in "$pringfield." The creature is purported to have neon claws.
Homer spills some detritus-laced liquid from the bottom of the garbage can on his slipper while taking out the trash and coins this word, as in, "AAAAH!
The name likely comes from the mad ventriloquist character played by Erich von Stroheim in the 1929 early talkie "The Great Gabbo."
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