“Most cutting thing you can say is ‘who’s this clown?’ because it implies they’re a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns”

To call someone a “clown” is usually derogatory. This was posted on X/Twitter by “Cohen is a ghost” on December 12, 2013, and this received over 136,000 likes:
 
“most cutting thing you can say is ‘who’s this clown?’ because it implies they’re a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns.”
 
 
X/Twitter
Cohen is a ghost
@skullmandible
most cutting thing you can say is “who’s this clown?” because it implies they’re a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns
6:50 PM · Dec 12, 2013
     
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Three years later, a tweet from @skullmandible which cites “clown” as a particularly effective burn, went viral. He wrote, “most cutting thing you can say is ‘who’s this clown?’ because it implies they’re a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns.”
 
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UnrelentingJuggernaut
19 jan 2024
most cutting thing you can say is “who’s this clown?” because it implies they’re a) a clown & b) not even one of the hetter-known clowns
 
X/Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Most cutting thing you can say to a person is “who’s this clown?” because it implies they’re a) a clown, and b) not even one of the better known clowns
5:34 PM · Sep 26, 2024