bobo

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See also: Bobo, bóbo, bobô, bo bo, bỏ bố, and bô bô

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboʊboʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

Blend of bourgeois +‎ bohemian, popularized by David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.[1]

Noun

bobo (plural bobos)

  1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
    • 2000, David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise […] , Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 207:
      The small things—an olive grove or a small chapel—take on greater meaning to a Bobo on vacation.
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  2. A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician)
  3. An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”).

Noun

bobo (plural bobos)

  1. (Louisiana, Montreal) A boo-boo (minor injury)
See also

References

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Anagrams

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bobo

  1. fish trap

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bɔ.bɔ/

Interjection

bobo

  1. alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

See also

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈbobo/ [ˈbo.bo]

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba)

  1. stupid; foolish
    Synonyms: patal, palpal, pangol, torpe

Noun

bobo (feminine boba)

  1. fool; idiot; simpleton; dunce
    Synonyms: tonto, tonta, kabakab
  2. (uncommon) clown
    Synonyms: payaso, komiko

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboː.boː/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo bobo, from Portuguese bobo or alternatively Spanish bobo.[1]

Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)

  1. (Suriname) sucker, fool
    Synonyms: domkop, sufferd, sukkel

Etymology 2

Shortening of bondsbons. Said to be coined by Joop Niezen in 1978. Popularised in 1988 by Ruud Gullit, whose usage was likely influenced by etymology 1.[2]

Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)

  1. (Netherlands) football bigwig [from late 1970s or early 1980s]
    • 1983 November 10, M.H., "Bobo's", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , vol. 96, no. 265, page 19.
      Drukke dagen voor bobo's in het Noorden.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Netherlands, by extension) any bigwig [from late 1980s]

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

  1. (childish) boo-boo (pain or injury)

Etymology 2

Blend of bourgeois +‎ bohème.

Noun

bobo m or f by sense (plural bobos)

  1. bobo, boho
    • 2016, Mathilde Ramadier, Alberto Madrigal, Berlin 2.0, Futuropolis, →ISBN, page 47:
      Et d’un point de vue sociologique, mieux vaut commander un simple café au lait pour préserver les berlinois des bobos et des hipsters.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Compare Louisiana Creole bo.

Verb

bobo

  1. (Saint-Domingue) to kiss
    Mo bobo ly là su bouche. ― I kiss her there on the mouth.

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: bo

References

  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Hiligaynon

Verb

bóbó or bôbô

  1. to pour out or over

Noun

bóbo

  1. baptism without ceremony

Japanese

Romanization

bobo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼぼ

Mansaka

Etymology

From bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bobo

  1. fish trap

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bàba.

Pronunciation

Noun

bobo f

  1. grandmother
  2. old woman

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

From nursery language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.bɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɔ
  • Syllabification: bo‧bo

Noun

bobo n (indeclinable)

  1. (endearing) baby, child
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dziecko
    małe bobo ― a small baby
    ryczące bobo ― a howling baby
    słodkie bobo ― a sweet baby
    zdrowe bobo ― a healthy baby
    bobo w wózku ― a baby in a carriage

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

  • bobo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bobo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo
 

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)

  1. (Brazil) silly, stupid
  2. (Brazil) naive

Synonyms

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

  1. (historical) jester (person who amused a medieval court)
    Synonym: bobo da corte
  2. (chiefly Brazil) a stupid or naive person; a fool
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool/translations

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin balbus (“stuttering”), influenced by sound symbolism.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbobo/ [ˈbo.β̞o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)

  1. stupid, silly, naive
    Synonym: tonto

Derived terms

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

  1. a stupid or naive person; a fool
    ¡No seas bobo! ― Don't be an idiot!

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Portuguese bobo.

Noun

bobo

  1. dolt, dweeb, wimp

Adjective

bobo

  1. doltish, sluggish

Verb

bobo

  1. to behave like a dolt

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈbobo/, [ˈboː.bo]

Noun

bobo (feminine boba)

  1. fool; idiot; simpleton; dunce
  2. (uncommon) clown; jester
    Synonyms: payaso, arlikin

Adjective

bobo (feminine boba)

  1. stupid; foolish; silly
    Synonym: tanga
    • 2021, Nitz Miralles, “Lauren ‘pinatulan’ si DJ Loonyo”, in Pang-Masa:
      Aliw na aliw kami sa pagpatol ni Lauren Young sa fans ni DJ Loonyo na binash siya dahil sa comment sa pagsusuot ng face mask. Na-bash si Lauren sa tweet niyang “Omg i just saw this!! Ang bobo shet ang bobo. Flatearther ka rin ba koyah??”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Ternate

bobo

Etymology

Compare Tobelo boboro (“nipa”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bobo (Jawi بوبو)

  1. the nipa palm

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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