bobo

See also: Bobo, bóbo, bobô, and bo bo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊboʊ/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

bobo (plural bobos)

1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
   • 2000, David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 207:

     The small things—an olive grove or a small chapel—take on greater meaning to a Bobo on vacation.

   • 2011 April 12, Lobrano, Alex, “Bobo Heaven in Paris”, in T Magazine‎^[1]:

     Peruse the Paris papers these days and you'll notice an obsession with bobos: no, they're not a team of cheerleaders or a troupe of clowns, but rich, artsy types known as bourgeois bohemians, who are now pretty much the tip of Parisian tastemakers. So when friends who were recently staying in Saint Germain des Pres asked me where to go to people watch, I told them to head for the Ninth Arrondissement citadel of bobo cool.

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

• Bobo doll

Anagrams

• boob, obbo

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• obobo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ.bɔ/

Interjection

bobo

1. alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

This Albanian entry was created from the translations listed at alas. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see bobo in the Albanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2008

See also

• kúkú
• mos

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo bobo, from Portuguese bobo or alternatively Spanish bobo.

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.

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 quote)

2. (Netherlands, by extension) any bigwig [from late 1980s]

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.bo/

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 (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 quote)

Further reading

• “bobo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Hiligaynon

Verb

bóbó or bôbô

1. pour out or over

Verb

bóbo

1. baptism without ceremony

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Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bàba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈbɔ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔbɐ/

Noun

bobo f

1. grandmother
2. old woman

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.bu/
  • (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈbo.βu]
  • (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈbo.bu]
• Hyphenation: bo‧bo

Adjective

bobo m (feminine singular boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas, comparable)

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

Synonyms

• (stupid): See here

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

• bobagem (“nonsense”)
• bobo da corte

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbobo/, [ˈbo.β̞o]

Adjective

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

1. stupid, silly, naive

   Synonym: tonto

Derived terms

• abobar
• bobada
• bobería
• caja boba
• calabobos
• cazabobos
• comerse la sopa boba
• embobar
• engañabobos

 

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

1. a stupid or naive person; a fool

   ¡No seas bobo! ― Don't be an idiot!

Further reading

• “bobo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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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

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bubo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbobo/

Noun

bobo

1. (vulgar, informal, derogatory) fool; idiot; simpleton

Adjective

bobo

1. stupid; idiotic

Derived terms

• bobotante
• nakakabobo

 

See also

• consuelo de bobo