Meanings
comparative more booable · superlative most booable
- colloquialSuitable for being booed.
Thanks, then, to white South Africans, who, before dumping Apartheid, were universally despised and proved instantly booable at the movies.
1996, Marshall Julius, Action!: The Action Movie A-Z, page 21 more example
Not for nothing do screenwriters and dramatists, in search of a booable villain, regularly opt for a tabloid reporter. It saves time. They don't have to spend pages establishing a lack of morals […]
2000, David Randall, The Universal Journalist, page 1
Origin
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