Etymology

bobo

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Today it means: A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona. Full definition →

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bobo · noun1

Blend of bourgeois + bohemian, popularized by American journalist, commentator and editor David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.

bobo · noun2

  1. French · borrowed frombobo“boo-boo”
  2. English todaybobo

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

Words from the same roots

Frenchbobo all →

boo-boo

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