It refers to "licking dogs", "people who are dissatisfied with life and grandstanding on the Internet", "people who love themselves", "people who have different attitudes before and after, which makes people feel ridiculous" and "people who play funny games", which are often used to laugh at themselves.

Network buzzwords, clowns are meant to be clowns in the circus, exaggerated smiles and funny expressions make people laugh, but their bitterness can only be hidden under heavy makeup, just like people who try to keep smiling when life is not satisfactory, which is often used to describe humble licking dogs. So online buzzwords are often used to laugh at themselves.

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The development of the word "clown" on the Internet started with the post bar. At first, "Shakou" (the homonym of the clown Sacco in League of Legends) was frequently used by netizens. "Like a clown/Shakou, it's pathetic" can be seen everywhere in the live broadcast room.

Later, netizens combined it with the ironic "Yin-Yang dialect" of "the master is by my side" to form the short sentence of "the clown is by my side".

The clown here has specifically referred to those who are shy and try their best to please others, but they don't get any return and greetings. Netizens often tease each other and laugh at themselves.

Recently, because some media published a comment on "being a topic writer", it aroused the anger of some netizens. Netizens extended the meaning of a clown, referring to people who worked hard but didn't get any rewards and greetings (maybe they were criticized or ridiculed by others).

The beauty of this short sentence lies in the word "Jing", which embodies the speaker's sudden realization of the cruel truth and his sense of embarrassment and absurdity.