Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A fellow; a guy.
  • noun A dunce; a fool.

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  • noun slang A stupid or foolish person.

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  • noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
  • noun an informal term for a youth or man

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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  • From a page on the Latin fourth declension: 'When Latin borrows nouns, say from Greek, or perhaps through a time warp from English, these nouns may have somewhat creative declensions. Humez and Humez give the following: bozo, bozus. nm., clown.'

    May 2, 2008

  • WeirdNet, what about a woman who is a stupid incompetent fool? Boza, perhaps?

    May 2, 2008