Buffoon vs Assclown - What's the difference?
buffoon | assclown |
One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
* Melmoth
(pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
To behave like a
* {{quote-news, 1988, January 22, Henry Sheehan, Little Boy Blue, Chicago Reader
, passage=His mimicry of gay speech and facial expressions is analagous to an Amos 'n' Andy routine, in which white men buffooned their way through incredibly demeaning impersonations of black men.}}
(slang, vulgar) A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
* 2006 , Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch , iUniverse (2006), ISBN 9780595395095,
* 2006 , Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds , Three Rivers Press (2006), ISBN 9781400080434,
* 2012 , Jef With One F, "
As nouns the difference between buffoon and assclown
is that buffoon is one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool while assclown is a jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.As a verb buffoon
is to behave like a buffoon.buffoon
English
Noun
(en noun)- To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.
Usage notes
* In the United States the term is used most commonly to describe inappropriate, clownish figures on the public stage; here the behavior of a variety of public figures have caused them to be described as buffoons by their political opponents. * In the UK the term is used more broadly, to describe such people who are held in popular regard but who nevertheless engender amusement with their pronouncements and acts.Derived terms
* buffooneryVerb
(en verb)citation
assclown
English
Noun
(en noun)page 141:
- I'm a little loaded, and this assclown behind me has bumped me four times in a row.
page 261:
- "Pretentious, ambitionless assclown ," I corrected.
5 Horrible Lessons Ender's Game'' Teaches Kids", ''Houston Press , 19 June 2012:
- Card is a raging homophobic assclown who believes that America should rise up violently and overthrow the government for any hint of support of same-sex marriage.
