noun🔥 Gen-Z slang

bozo

a foolish, clownish person

What it means

A foolish, clownish, or clueless person, used to dismiss or mock someone who said or did something dumb. It's a playful insult, often thrown out casually like "shut up, bozo."

Examples

  • Shut up bozo, nobody asked.
  • He really tripped over nothing, what a bozo.
  • Imagine losing that argument, absolute bozo behavior.
  • Get outta here with that nonsense, bozo.

Where it comes from

Originally from "Bozo the Clown," a 1940s-50s American TV character; it became generic slang for a fool decades ago and got revived as casual Gen-Z meme dismissal, big on Twitter and TikTok.

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