silly 'buffoonery' [=foolish behavior that is meant to be funny]
Stop acting like a 'buffoon'.
a ridiculous 'buffoon'
(..) - l've got it. l've got it. - Help them out. Here. Katharine. Water. Geoffrey's not in Cairo. He's not actually a buffoon. The plane wssn't a wedding present. lt belongs to the British government. They want aerial maps of the whole of North Africa. So l think he's in Ethiopia. (..)1996 The English Patient