• smeenz@lemmy.nz
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    23 hours ago

    To “clown around” is to be inept or incompetent at a role. Calling someone a clown in a derogatory context references that meaning.

    • updn@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      He’s not a clown, though? He’s been scamming his way through life his whole life, at the expense of others. That’s not really clownish.