boob
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Etymology 1[edit]
Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
Noun[edit]
boob (plural boobs)
- (informal, derogatory) Idiot, fool.
- 2008 April 30, “Cher: I was crazy about Tom Cruise”, in Marie Claire[1]:
- He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.
- (informal, Britain) A mistake.
Translations[edit]
idiot, fool
Verb[edit]
boob (third-person singular simple present boobs, present participle boobing, simple past and past participle boobed)
- To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
- (informal, intransitive) To make a mistake.
- 1969, “Alchemy”, in The Canadian Forum, volume 49, page 211:
- ...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipped form of booby (“breast”). Appeared from the 20th century; more information at booby § Etymology 2.
Noun[edit]
boob (plural boobs)
- (colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female.
- 1935, James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan; A Trilogy, OCLC 1137753551, Judgement Day:
- Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs.
- 1974, Ernest Brawley, The Rap, page 256:
- Her boob had fallen out of her nightgown and now lay limp against the stained sheet.
- 2013, Kim Haskan, Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob, book cover:
- Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer.
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breast (colloquial)
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Etymology 3[edit]
Apparently shortened from booby-hatch.
Noun[edit]
boob (plural boobs)
- (Australia, US) A prison; jail. [from 20th c.]
- 1927, William Cooper, letter, in Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 26:
- Then he got or was brought back to Mongumber he was tired to a tree and was belted by the white officer in charge put into the boob that they have ther I think of cause we cant say for a certain was was brought out of the boob dead or nearly.
- 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins 2001, p. 29:
- I begin to feel homesick for the easy drifting of boob. I guess the fact is I'm afraid of life, haven't got the guts to be a real criminal.
- 1927, William Cooper, letter, in Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 26:
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boob f (plural boobs)
- (slang, anglicism, chiefly in the plural) breast
- 2014 October 30, Bertrand Ferrier, Le point de vue du panda: Le dico des mots sans dico - Humour, Max Milo, →ISBN:
- « […] Ses premiers francs en poche, Nabilla avait foncé chez le chirurgien pour pimper ses boobs. »
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2019 February 6, Margot D. Bortoli, Projet Rebirth, BMR, →ISBN:
- Mes boobs ! je continue de m'époumoner en désignant mes seins. — Ils n'ont jamais vraiment disparu Grace... Je lui lance un regard torve et attrape mon sac et mes dossiers avant de courir vers la sortie.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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