buffoonery

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Also check out the stylistic buffoonery on his site.

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acting like a clown or buffoon

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noun

acting like a clown or buffoon

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for buffoonery.

noun

acting like a clown or buffoon

See also: clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank

Example sentences

Also check out the stylistic buffoonery on his site.

They will leverage this kind of buffoonery and it will not be funny if they succeed.

Even the person who is self-made / cash-only has to contend with this buffoonery.

I'm not sure if buffoonery is counted as misconduct. What I'm really referring to though, is what is my own personal exposure to risk of harm?

I think it's a sure sign that some ham-fisted buffoonery is afoot when a company mandates what text editor or IDE a programmer should use. But I'm thankful for those big red flags that signal to me that I would not be happy at this company.

It's the usual buffoonery devised by one of the worst political and economic elites in the developed world.

If the differences were value-free you might have a really strong claim there, but the good side is vanishingly small in the sea of colossal buffoonery that this whole situation represents.

I apologize for my characteristically American cultural buffoonery.