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noun, plural bo·zos. Slang.
1.
a fellow, especially a big, strong, stupid fellow.
2.
a rude, obnoxious, or annoying person: Two or three bozos tried to cut in ahead of the rest of us in the supermarket line.
Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; of uncertain origin
1915–20, Americanism; of uncertain origin
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Bozo
is always a great word to know.
So is pill. Does it mean:
| speech or writing that is false or worthless; rubbish |
| a tiresomely disagreeable person |
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Word Origin & History
bozo
"muscular low-I.Q. male," c.1910, perhaps from Sp. bozal, used in the slave trade and also to mean "one who speaks Spanish poorly." Bozo the clown was created 1940 at Capitol Records as the voice in a series of story-telling records for children ["Wall Street Journal," Oct. 31, 1983].
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bozo definition[ˈbozo]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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