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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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There are theories for these etymologies: |
There are theories for these etymologies: |
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*First used in USA English as a vocative, from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''vosotros'' = "you": compare [[Buster#Etymology]]. |
*First used in USA English AND ASDF as a vocative, from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''vosotros'' = "you": compare [[Buster#Etymology]]. |
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*After [[Bozo the Clown]], a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s |
*After [[Bozo the Clown]], a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s |
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*After [[Anselm of Canterbury]]'s usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name [[Boso]]. |
*After [[Anselm of Canterbury]]'s usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name [[Boso]]. |
Revision as of 05:58, 29 September 2011
Look up bozo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Bozo or bozo may refer to:
- The Bozo people, a fishing people of the central Niger delta in Mali
- The Bozo languages, languages of the Bozo people
- Bozo the Clown, a clown character very popular in the United States
- Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown, related TV series
- Frédéric Bozo, historian
- Bozo (mascot), a former wildcat kept as a live mascot for the University of New Hampshire
- Bozo the Iron Man, a 1930s/40s era comic book superhero
- A pseudonym for The Joker in The Dark Knight
- Bozo, also known as the "Minnesota Iceman", a purported unknown hominid displayed in state fairs or carnivals in the USA
- "Bozos", a single by the UK band The Levellers
- Bozo bit, a weak copy protection system in 1980s Apple's Macintosh operating system
Etymology
There are theories for these etymologies:
- First used in USA English AND ASDF as a vocative, from Spanish vosotros = "you": compare Buster#Etymology.
- After Bozo the Clown, a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s
- After Anselm of Canterbury's usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name Boso.