BOZOTIC


Meaning of BOZOTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /boh-zoh'tik/ or /boh-zo'tik/ adj. ]

[from the name of a TV clown even more losing than Ronald McDonald] Resembling or having the quality of a bozo; that is, clownish, ludicrously wrong, unintentionally humorous. Compare wonky , demented . Note that the noun `bozo' occurs in slang, but the mainstream adjectival form would be `bozo-like' or (in New England) `bozoish'.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.