bozotic

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bozotic - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  bozotic
  
     <abuse> (From Bozo the Clown, a famous circus personality, via
     "bozo" - a clod, idiot or generally silly person) any form of
     clown-like or ludicrous behaviour.  The word also has echoes
     of "robotic", so bozotic behaviour is mindless, automaton-like
     stupidity.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-01-05)
  

bozotic - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  bozotic
   /boh.zoh'tik/, /boh.zo'tik/, adj.
  
     [from the name of a TV clown even more losing than Ronald McDonald]
     Resembling or having the quality of a bozo; that is, clownish,
     ludicrously wrong, unintentionally humorous. Compare wonky,
     demented. Note that the noun `bozo' occurs in slang, but the
     mainstream adjectival form would be `bozo-like' or (in New England)
     `bozoish'.