bozo
- Etymology. riginating c. 1910. Maybe from Spanish ''bozal'', a term used in slave trade and meaning "one who speaks Spanish poorly.".
- Etymology. irst used in USA English as a vocative, from Spanish ''vosotros'' = "you": compare buster#Etymology.
- Etymology. fter Bozo the Clown, a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s.
- Etymology. fter Anselm of Canterbury's usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name Boso.
- Noun. (slang) A stupid or foolish person.
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