bozo

noun

bo·​zo ˈbō-(ˌ)zō How to pronounce bozo (audio)
plural bozos
: a foolish or incompetent person

Examples of bozo in a Sentence

Some bozo forgot to shut the door.
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Not being a bozo while handling your business at the same time. Shanae Hardy, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024 But Robert — who was hospitalized by mob bozos at the end of season two — goes rogue during the raid on the Aryan compound and blows the whole place up. Noel Murray, Vulture, 2 June 2024 Even the conformist bozos in Hollywood have hinted at sympathy, with the film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which takes after a book of the same name by Andreas Malm, a human ecologist at Lund University. Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023 That institution is Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the Rupert Murdoch–esque creator of the Waystar-Royco media empire, and the paterfamilias of a family of bozos and brats. Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 26 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for bozo 

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bozo was in 1916

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“Bozo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bozo. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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