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buffoons

noun

plural of buffoon

as in clowns

a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior the children at the birthday party giggled at the buffoon's silly tricks

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Recent Examples of buffoons The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego. — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Perhaps the system isn’t really corrupt, it’s just run by buffoons. — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2025

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clowns

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One morning during my stay, there were even clowns buzzing about—a thrill to receive a balloon poodle alongside my morning flat white.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

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