clown prince en · NOUN
Etymology
From crown prince. The quip is chosen for its similarity in pronunciation. Used in semi-official epithets: * Clown Prince of Baseball: Max Patkin * Clown Prince of Basketball: Meadowlark Lemon
Meanings
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(derogatory, humorous, slang) A crown prince, seen as a clown.
On behalf of my family and all my Thai friends I would like to wish the Clown Prince the next King of Thailand A Very Happy Birthday.
2003 July 27, Khonthai123, “Happy Birthday & Long Live The Clown Prince”, in soc.culture.thai (Usenet):https://geopolitic.org/2023/06/23/clown-prince-zelenskys-nero-decree-destroy-ukraine/ CLOWN PRINCE ZELENSKY’S NERO DECREE: DESTROY UKRAINE By GEOPOLITIC.ORG JUNE 23, 2023 The latest of a string of war crimes by the Zelensky junta there is no stop to the fate that awaits their rotten Reich.
2023 June 25, D. Schlenk, “Clown Prince Zelensky's Nero Degree: Destroy Ukraine”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):Clown Prince Of Bangladesh (Khaleda Zia's Son, Tareque Rahman) Remanded In Police Custody ..... ..... The Clown Prince Has Assets In Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa and India !! ..... .....
2007 March 9, nkdat...@bigmailbox.net, “Clown Prince Of Bangladesh (Khaleda Zia's Son, Tareque Rahman) Remanded In Police Custody ..... ..... The Clown Prince Has Assets In Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa and India !!”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
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(derogatory, humorous, often, qualifier:epithet, slang) Someone seen as eminent in a field, community or regarding an activity (often one whom the speaker has disdain for), seen as a clown.
>I view him as The Clown Prince Of Porn. If you were to ask me, I'd choose Jerry Butler as the CLOWN PRINCE of PORN. He tends to act more silly and childish than Ron. And he is tolerable to watch, Ron isn't (Of course, I'd love to have done 10% of the women Ron's done in his career).
1995 March 1, Martimus, “Who is the CLOWN PRINCE OF PORN (was: I DIG RON JEREMY)”, in alt.sex.movies (Usenet):Well, Ed, I'd have to say that if David is the Clown Prince, you're likely the Clown Emperor of Pseudoscience! All hail!
2003 September 27, Ken Rode, “CLOWN PRINCE OF PSEUDOSCIENTISTS -- Was: Why Established Science Has Given Truth the Boot”, in talk.origins (Usenet):Bugster is (at least) 72 years old, and he writes like a 17 year old high school co-ed in histrionics. I've never seen such an emotionally overwrought old man.
2014 September 12, Rudy Canoza, “Bugster, the clown prince of red herrings, straw men, hasty generalizations, and much more”, in alt.politics.economics (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| Clown Prince | alternative | lexicographic | |
| clown princes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |