Wiktionary

bobo

See also: Bobo, bóbo, bobô, bo bo, bỏ bố, bô bô, bọbọ, bɔbɔ, and бо-бо

English edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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.
    • 2011 April 12, Alex Lobrano, “Bobo Heaven in Paris”, in T Magazine‎[2], retrieved 2019-06-26:
      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 edit

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

Noun edit

bobo (plural bobos)

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

References edit

  1. ^ David Brooks (2000) Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN

Anagrams edit

Aklanon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun edit

bobo

  1. fish trap

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

bobo

  1. alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

See also edit

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

bóbo (feminine boba)

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

Noun edit

bóbo (feminine boba)

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

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

bobo m (plural bobo's)

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

Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Onomatopoeic.

Noun edit

bobo m (plural bobos)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Blend of bourgeois +‎ bohème.

Noun edit

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.
      And from a sociological point of view, it is better to order a simple white coffee to protect Berliners from the bobos and the hipsters.

Further reading edit

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

Compare Louisiana Creole bo.

Verb edit

bobo

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

Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: bo

References edit

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

Hiligaynon edit

Verb edit

bóbó or bôbô

  1. to pour out or over

Noun edit

bóbo

  1. baptism without ceremony

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

bobo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼぼ

Luba-Kasai edit

Pronoun edit

bobo

  1. them

Mansaka edit

Etymology edit

From bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun edit

bobo

  1. fish trap

Nigerian Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a West African language. Compare Krio bɔbɔ (“boy”), Adangme bɔbɔ (“little boy”) and Vai bɔbɔ (“little”).[1]

Noun edit

bobo

  1. boy, guy, young man
  2. boyfriend
    • 2018, “Lekki Pastor sextape: "Delete your naked picture from your bobo phone before e too late"”, in BBC News Pidgin‎[3]:
      "'Make pipo delete dia naked foto and videos from dia bobo or girlfriend phone before e dey too late' na wetin di girl wey her sex video wit one Lagos pastor leak online tell BBC News Pidgin."
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Clifford N. Fyle, Eldred D. Jones (1980) A Krio-English dictionary‎[1], USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44

Polabian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bobo f

  1. old woman
  2. midwife
    Synonym: bopkă

Related terms edit

nouns

References edit

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  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “bobo”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Boba, Bobo”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 65

Polish edit

Etymology edit

From nursery language.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

noun

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: -obu
  • Hyphenation: bo‧bo

Adjective edit

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

  1. (Brazil) silly, stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
  2. (Brazil) naive

Noun edit

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:idiota

Derived terms edit

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbobo/ [ˈbo.β̞o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: bo‧bo

Adjective edit

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

  1. stupid, silly, naive
    Synonym: tonto

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

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

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

Usage notes edit

  • Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bobo.

Noun edit

bobo

  1. dolt, dweeb, wimp

Adjective edit

bobo

  1. doltish, sluggish

Verb edit

bobo

  1. to behave like a dolt

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

bobo (feminine boba, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

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

Adjective edit

bobo (feminine boba, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

  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 edit

Ternate edit

 
bobo

Etymology edit

Compare Tobelo boboro (“nipa”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bobo (Jawi بوبو)

  1. the nipa palm

References edit

  • 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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