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View definitions for clown

clown

noun as in stupid, ignorant person

verb as in joke

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It is, so far, clown town rather than competence town.

From Slate

Just take a look at the clown car full of minions and allies that the president-elect has assembled for his top spots.

To Stewart, Hinchcliffe isn’t worth taking seriously because he’s a clown, like Stewart’s own longstanding argument that he’s an entertainer – one to whom viewers turn to make sense of headlines — not a journalist.

From Salon

What is one down-ballot item you are voting on that you think is particularly important: In New York City, Eric Adams, our criminally indicted cartoon-villain clown show of a mayor, has several ballot initiatives proposed that would expand his power as part of an attempt to revise the city’s charter.

From Slate

A clown car full of grifters and kooks, meanwhile, used the primaries as an opportunity to suck up to Trump, whom everyone knew would inevitably be the nominee.

From Salon

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