bozo

[boh-zoh] /ˈboʊ zoʊ/
noun, plural bozos. 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
Examples from the web for bozo
  • It's a three ring disaster, the bozo the clown forgot to install an off switch.
  • True, a skilled teacher is going to do a better job than a bozo any day, regardless of technology.
  • Sadly, it is quite possible that this bozo is still our best choice.
  • Every bozo can set up a journal with his buddies and call it peer-reviewed, but that doesn't make it worth anything.
  • But because he has the temerity to ask for the raw data, he's dismissed as a bozo and a tool of industry.
  • One solution is registration and implementing a bozo filter.
  • Thank you again and always be aware, don't let some bozo make a clown out of you.
British Dictionary definitions for bozo

bozo

/ˈbəʊzəʊ/
noun (pl) -zos
1.
(US, slang) a man, esp a stupid one
Word Origin
C20: of uncertain origin; perhaps based on beau
Word Origin and History for bozo
n.

"muscular low-I.Q. male," c.1910, perhaps from Spanish 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].

Slang definitions & phrases for bozo

bozo

noun

A fellow; a man, esp a muscular type with a meager brain: This bozo right here next to me

[Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill incognito] could probably be a better Congressman than those guys in Congress [1910+; origin unknown; perhaps fr Spanish bozal, used in the slave trade and after to designate someone who speaks Spanish badly, hence a stupid person]