bobo

See also: Bobo, bóbo, bobô, and bo bo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊboʊ/

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.
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) A boo-boo (minor injury)

See also

• Bobo doll

Anagrams

• boob

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Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ.bɔ/

Interjection

bobo

1. alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

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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 quotation)

Further reading

• “bobo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hiligaynon

Verb

1. pour out or over

Verb

bóbo

1. baptism without ceremony

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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, naïve

   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

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbobo/, [ˈboː.bo]

Noun

bobo

1. (vulgar, informal, derogatory) an idiot

Adjective

bobo

1. stupid; idiotic

Derived terms

• bobotante
• nakakabobo

 

See also

• consuelo de bobo