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bo⋅zo

  [boh-zoh]
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–noun, plural -zos. Slang.
1. a fellow, esp. 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 uncert. orig.
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bo·zo   (bō'zō)   
n.   pl. bo·zos Slang
  1. A fellow; a guy.
  2. A dunce; a fool.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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bozo 
"muscular low-I.Q. male," c.1910, perhaps from Sp. bozal, used in slave trade and 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].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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