Bozo
Encyclopedia
Bozo or bozo may refer to:
- The Bozo peopleBozo peopleThe Bozo are a West African ethnic group located predominantly along the Niger River in Mali. The name Bozo is thought to derive from Bambara bo-so, 'Bamboo house'; the people accept it as referring to the whole of the ethnic group but use more specific clan names such as Sorogoye, Hain, and Tieye...
, a fishing people of the central Niger delta in Mali - The Bozo languagesBozo languagesBozo is spoken by the Bozo, the principal fishing people of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali. According to the 2000 census, the Bozo people number about 132,100. The Bozo dialect cluster is often considered to be one language, but there is quite a bit of diversity...
, languages of the Bozo people - Bozo the ClownBozo the ClownBozo the Clown is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television.Originally created by Alan W...
, a clown character very popular in the United States - Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown, related TV series
- Frédéric BozoFrédéric BozoDr. Frédéric Bozo is currently a Professor at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, where he teaches contemporary history and international relations. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Institut français des relations internationales where his focus is on Atlantic and European...
, historian - Bozo (mascot), a former wildcat kept as a live mascot for the University of New Hampshire
- Bozo the Iron ManBozo the Iron ManHugh Hazzard and his Robot, Bozo the Iron Man was a fictional character featured in issues 1-42 of the Smash Comics comic book from Quality Comics. Hugh Hazzard's adventures were written and crudely drawn by Quality Comics editor George Brenner...
, a 1930s/40s era comic book superhero - A pseudonym for The Joker in The Dark Knight
- Bozo, also known as the "Minnesota IcemanMinnesota IcemanThe Minnesota Iceman is a hoax depicting a man-like creature frozen in a block of ice that was found in Minnesota in 1968. It was displayed at state fairs or carnivals in and around Rollingstone, Minnesota, and Milwaukee on and around December 17, 1968 as a "missing link".-Description:It has been...
", a purported unknown hominid displayed in state fairs or carnivals in the USA - "Bozos", a single by the UK band The Levellers
- Bozo bitBozo bitThe term bozo bit has been used in two contexts. Initially a weak copy protection system in the 1980s Apple Macintosh Operating System, the term "flipping the bozo bit" was later reused to describe a decision to ignore a person's input.-Weak copy protection:...
, a weak copy protection system in 1980s Apple's Macintosh operating system
Etymology
There are theories for these etymologies:- First used in USA English as a vocative, from SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
vosotros = "you": compare Buster#Etymology. - After Bozo the ClownBozo the ClownBozo the Clown is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television.Originally created by Alan W...
, a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s - After Anselm of CanterburyAnselm of CanterburyAnselm of Canterbury , also called of Aosta for his birthplace, and of Bec for his home monastery, was a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109...
's usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name BosoBosoBoso may refer to:*Boso of Merseburg , German bishop*Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman and king*Boso the Elder, a Frank from the Bosonid dynasty*Boso of Tuscany , Italian nobleman*Cap Boso , American football player...
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