3 definitions by IamHanFei
(noun) An opinion running circles around itself desperately trying to cope with and at the same time undermine something it hates beyond all measure.
Have you read that clown article in the New York Times titled "Has China done too well against Covid-19?" That was such a huge copinion piece.
by IamHanFei January 25, 2021
Noun: a baseless opinion stemming from lack of knowledge and research in a field, doubled down on by the one making the claim even despite overwhelming facts against it. Named after BBC journalist Bill Hayton who makes claims such as "there was no word in the Chinese language for 'territory' until the 19th century."
A: Man, I read this book, it claims there was no word for "territory" in the Chinese language until the 19th century.
B: Bruh, that's such a stupid haytonism, damn clown whoever wrote that. The Chinese word for "territory" can be found in sources from the 11th century BC.
B: Bruh, that's such a stupid haytonism, damn clown whoever wrote that. The Chinese word for "territory" can be found in sources from the 11th century BC.
by IamHanFei January 15, 2021
Clown tweeting is the act of quote tweeting someone and making a nasty dunk on them which leaves them seen as a clown.
A: Did you see that stupid tweet yesterday?
B: Yeah, clown tweeting it gave me 2K likes and 355 retweets.
B: Yeah, clown tweeting it gave me 2K likes and 355 retweets.
by IamHanFei January 18, 2021