Demetrius Andrade

I'm not going to do anything out my way to try to get somebody to watch me because I want to act a buffoon. I want to build a character that I want my kids to look up to. It's OK to be the bad guy when it's time to be the bad guy, but to live and be the bad guy all day, every day? It's like, 'No, come on, man, you're making us look bad.

American Boxer

Bret Stephens

It's normal that elections make fierce partisans of many of us. It's normal that Mr. Trump would attract the usual right-wing buffoons to his banners. Normal, also, is that many voters may not be troubled by Mr. Trump's cruder statements when they hear him addressing their deepest economic and social anxieties.

American Journalist

Andre Ward

I see sometimes how guys may make a buffoon of themselves to sell a few more tickets. They create this image, and when it's all said and done, it's like everything falls out from under them. They have no stability. I never wanted to be one of those guys.

American Athlete

James Acaster

The Rock was one of my favourite comedy characters growing up, and I still think he is. Mainly because he took himself so seriously by being ridiculous and a buffoon all the time but always took the high status.

English Comedian

Jay McInerney

I always hope people will like me, and I'm always afraid they will think I'm a fraud. I try harder than perhaps I should to make people like me, then it backfires. They think I'm a buffoon.

American Writer

Nish Kumar

The architects of Brexit are a cocktail of lying racists and buffoons. I don't think even someone as cynical as me could have predicted how deeply stupid these people are.

British Comedian

Joaquin Phoenix

Once I became a total buffoon, it was so liberating.

American Actor

Bernie Mac

You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.

Willard Scott

I've always had a reputation as a buffoon.

American Entertainer

Stewart Rahr

American Businessman

Using 'buffoon' often implies disapproval and can sound disrespectful.

Negative nuance

Usually used to describe someone in social situations where their behavior is out of place.

Social contexts

'Buffoon' suggests the person's humor is failing to amuse others.

Not humorous

Can be used to playfully criticize someone who is not serious enough.

Lighthearted criticism

Sometimes refers to a person whose role is to entertain, like a class clown.

Entertainment role

Can be used affectionately among friends for someone's playful antics.

Affectionate teasing

 The caricatures were often brutal, but not to the white audiences who laughed at the antics of the illiterate slaves as they sat secure in their own superiority. The image of the dancing, simple-minded buffoons captured the public's imagination

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Buffoon

Negative nuance

Social contexts

Not humorous

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