zoʊ 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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| —n , pl -zos | |
| slang (US) a man, esp a stupid one | |
| [C20: of uncertain origin; perhaps based on | |
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Bozo
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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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Slang Dictionary
bozo definition[ˈbozo]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Thank you again and always be aware, don't let some bozo make a clown out of you.
Every bozo can set up a journal with his buddies and call it peer-reviewed, but that doesn't make it worth anything.
It's a three ring disaster, the bozo the clown forgot to install an off switch.
One solution is registration and implementing a bozo filter.
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