Bubbette

English

Etymology

Bubba +‎ -ette

Noun

Bubbette (plural Bubbettes)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A working-class white female from the rural American South, stereotyped as ignorant, unrefined, etc.
   • 1988, Pete Franklin, Terry Pluto, You Could Argue But You'd Be Wrong, Contemporary Books, →ISBN, page 79:

     Bubba and Bubbette love rasslin' because Bubba and Bubbette should really walk around wearing a sandwich board that reads "quick, someone give me a lobotomy."

   • 2000, Jan Hornung, This Is the Truth, as Far as I Know: I Could Be Wrong, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 1:

     The good folks of Sugar Tit have been sponsoring this festival since the early 90s to honor the hard-working good-ole-boys and their lifestyle in the South. They honor the gals, too. That would be the Bubbettes.

   • 2014, Stephen Schottenfeld, Bluff City Pawn, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 105:

     Not just dealers but every scumbag and gunrunner calling nonstop, every Bubba and Bubbette that ever wanted a gun.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Bubbette.

Coordinate terms

• Bubba