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Bolo vs Bozo - What's the difference?

bolo | bozo |

As an acronym bolo

is an all-points bulletin (apb) with information to pick up an individual.

As a noun bozo is

a member of a west african ethnic group located predominantly along the niger river in mali, famous for their fishing.

As a proper noun bozo is

the mande language of these people.

bolo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, heavy, single-edged machete ().
  • A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide ().
  • A request for law enforcement officers to B'e '''O'''n the ' Lo okout for a suspect.
  • Designating a type of punch; an uppercut.
  • *1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 141:
  • *:He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.
  • See also

    * golok (Indonesian) * machete * parang * tabak (Filipino)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
  • *
  • *:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figureā€”a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    bozo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A stupid or foolish person.
  • Derived terms

    * bozo eruption * bozotic

    References

    Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "bozo"