Post #4251176
2026-07-23 05:42 UTC
To “clown around” is to be inept or incompetent at a role. Calling someone a clown in a derogatory context references that meaning.
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@updn@lemmy.ca 2026-07-24 00:47
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.