Talk:bozo
Latest comment: 7 years ago by 64.175.40.8 in topic Sources
I've removed the following uncited, poorly written and possibly dubious additions to the etymology section pending verification and discussion about their reliability. Thryduulf 13:29, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- After Bozo the Clown, a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s
- First used in USA English as a vocative, from Spanish vosotros = "you": compare Wikipedia:Buster#Etymology.
- After Anselm of Canterbury's usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name Boso.
Sources
[edit]64.175.40.8 04:30, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
- First Known Use: 1916
64.175.40.8 04:34, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
64.175.40.8 04:40, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
- James Curtis "Battling Bozo" Hambright (1909 - 1980), boxer
- Al "Bozo" Costantino
64.175.40.8 04:50, 21 September 2017 (UTC)