Boobus Americanus

proper noun

A supposed taxonomic species to which Americans belong.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. derogatoryhumorousA supposed taxonomic species to which Americans belong.

    We certainly don't want Boobus Americanus to see those bodies coming home en masse, eh? Might make ol' Boobus question Republican authoritarianism.

    2003 November 4, Harry Krause, “OT I am ashamed”, in rec.boats (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022
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    The sooner the average boobus Americanus figures out that the problems that ail him aren't a product of and won't be solved by political partisanship, the sooner he'll stop being a boobus Americanus. The thought for the day: ideology ain't thought.

    1994 September 28, Steve Baum, “Republican Contract With America”, in tamu.general (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022

    Kleim argues: "Boobus Americanus does NOT operate rationally; he has no opinion, and cannot form an opinion independent of the Jewsmedia. The ONLY thing that can 'convert' Boobus Americanus is more and more Negro crime, less and less jobs, greater and greater hardships of all kinds. Joe Sixpack will do absolutely nothing until the flow of his beer ends. The average American moron must be FORCED to think, and no amount of racist propaganda concealed Buchanan-style in patriotic wrappers will make the masses consider 'the Truth.'"

    1998 September 29, od...@atlantic.net, “[PNEWS] Nazis on the InterNUT [3]”, in alt.thebird.liberal (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022

    Bloated and paranoid addicts of sugar, salt, lard, beer, nicotine, aspartame and MSG-- Oh, Boobus Americanus, carnivorous sheep, slaughtering and led to slaughter--Uncle Sam is YOU!

    2003 May 17, Chinga La Migra, “Uncle Sam is YOU!”, in alt.terrorism.world-trade-center (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022

    Boobus Americanus - like its cousin Boobus Britannia and other close relatives - has become so conditioned to both the concocted threats of the ogre du jour and to an omnipotent and omnipresent government scarecrow, that it is willing to surrender, without question, its wealth and liberty for the sake of "protection."

    2006 February 7, aozo...@aol.com, “Iraq War Is Costing $100,000 Per Minute”, in seattle.politics (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022

    At a time when the controversy surrounding Obongo's drone killings of innocent children was at its peak, the "shooting" of Malala once again reminded Boobus Americanus and Boobus Europithicus as to why the CIA's bombings of Pakistan and Afghanistan are necessary.

    2014 October 12, Topaz, “Muslims”, in alt.feminism (Usenet), retrieved 27 Aug 2022

Origin

  1. New LatinAmericanus“American”
  2. EnglishBoobus Americanus

From a pseudo-Latinism of boob (“idiot”) and New Latin Americanus (“American”).

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APA

Boobus Americanus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boobus%20Americanus

MLA

“Boobus Americanus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boobus%20Americanus. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Boobus Americanus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boobus%20Americanus.

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