blorbo

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔːbəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔɹboʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bəʊ

Noun

blorbo (plural blorbos)

1. (fandom slang, endearing, neologism) Ellipsis of blorbo from my shows.
   • 2022 February 27, Sarah Z (@marysuewriter), Twitter‎^[1]:

     Waiting for my blorbo to return to my screen like a WWII housewife waiting for her husband

   • 2023 October 31, Olivia Waite, “A Handful of Luscious, Soapy, Sexy Romance Novels”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Of course, all your blorbos are back for the big magical confrontation between those who crave power and those who defend against its abuses.

   • 2024, Holly Swinyard, Fans and Fandom: A Journey Into the Passion and Power of Fan Culture‎^[3], page 99:

     For some people that's talking about how good a movie was and for others it's going home and drawing hundreds of pictures of blorbos one and two holding hands – or... something else.

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