Buffoon vs Drongo - What's the difference?
buffoon | drongo |
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.}}
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) A fool, an idiot.
* 2010 , Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales ,
* 2010 , John Timpson, Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business ,
As nouns the difference between buffoon and drongo
is that buffoon is one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool while drongo is any bird of the family dicruridae or drongo can be (australia|new zealand|slang|pejorative) a fool, an idiot.As a verb buffoon
is to behave like a.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
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drongo
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia drongo)Alternative forms
* drongoeDerived terms
* drongo cuckooEtymology 2
From an Australian racehorse named Drongo'', apparently after the bird (specifically, after the '''', ''Dicrurus bracteatus''). The horse (foaled 1921, retired 1925) ran poorly, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo."''Drongo''", entry in 1970 , Bill Wannan, ''Australian Folklore , Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979, ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, page 200. * Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo'' (''a recruit''), similarly after the bird."''drongo''", entry in 2007 , Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, ''The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ,page 120. * Another suggested derivation is the (etyl) .
Noun
(en noun)page 191,
- In another story, the drongo' is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The '''drongo''' agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the ' drongo , ‘there?s barely enough wind to operate the one you already have, so I doubt there?ll be enough to work two of them.’
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- One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.