boho

plural bohos

1. countableinformaluncountableA bohemian.

   After all, […] the last thing this country needs is a mannered bunch of Manhattan bohos who use textured harmonics and jingly guitars to create a carpetbagger's vision of the heartland.

   1988 April 1, Roger Moore, “Silos”, in Chicago Reader

2. countableuncountableA style of female fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, popular in the mid-2000s.

   “Ooh, look at that Martina McBride boho peasant blouse. 40% off. I'm about to put you 100% on.”

   2021 April 11, Lauren McGuire, “Hot Tub-tation” (3:29 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 17, spoken by Betty Hart (Maya Rudolph)

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   In pockets of downtown Manhattan and in cities as far-flung as Miami and Los Angeles, young women in the vanguard are setting aside their trapeze and baby-doll dresses — and as often as not, their drainpipe jeans — in favor of a breezier, more audaciously colorful interpretation of boho chic.

   2007 June 21, Ruth La Ferla, “Another Summer of Love”, in New York Times

   Synonyms: boho-chic

comparative more boho · superlative most boho

1. informalBohemian.

   Down in the cellar in the Boho zone / I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well / Just another hard time band / With Negro affectations

   1975, Joni Mitchell, “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

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   Enter Benedict Bridgerton, the boho son of the family at the centre of Netflix's much-loved series, handsomely striding into the masquerade ball.

   2025 September 13, Daniel Thomas, “Lunch with the FT: Shonda Rhimes”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

1. a village near Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2. A locality in the Shire of Strathbogie, north eastern Victoria, Australia.