A fork of Rural Dictionary
A bozo is one who writes definitions for urban dictionary.
I am not a bozo for writing this definition, I am trying to prove a point.
An incompetent person, especially in new companies. Bozos have a net negative effect on morale and profits, and everyone knows it. I first heard this specific meaning of "bozo" during a talk to business students by one of Yahoo's founders.
Q: "What's the most important thing to do in order to grow your company from 10 employees to 100 or 1000?" A: "Get rid of the bozos. Seriously, fire them immediately."
1. n. A specific cartoon TV clown from the 50s and 60s, originally in B&W. 2. n. Any old clown. 3. n. Annoying person. 4. n. A chat or message board troll. 5. n. A feature of About and Delphi Forums, and some other Prospero Technologies message boards that allows a moderator to surreptitiously silence a bozo (3). 6. v. To use the bozo feature on a message board; p.t., bozoed. Bozoed is also the adj. describing the condition of one subjected to the bozo feature.
Don't obsess about Bozo the Clown in a Sci Fi forum, you bozo, or you'll get bozoed!
Any person trying to occupy the same space as me at the same time. Often applied to other drivers and downhill skiers. Inspired by TV police dispatchers saying, "See the citizen at First and Main" when they would rather say, "See the bozo at first and main." Then applied to skiers, then to everyone. Often shortened to BZ.
Watch out for that bozo! That bozo just cut me off! That bozo stole my parking space! Get out of the way, you bozo!
Originating in the SW United States in the mid 1920s, the term "bozo" is short for "bogus Zorro," probably in response to the fact that, due to the initial popularity of the Zorro character who first appeared in 1919, a large enough number of klutzy imposters came out of the woodwork to merit the creation of a new word.
Look, Bruce! That bozo just chopped off his own toe with his sword because he was running around with his mask on backwards! Don't these bozos know the Spanish left 100 years ago?!