boob

plural boobs

1. CanadaUSdatedderogatoryinformalAn idiot; a fool.

   Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal.

   1914, George Vere Hobart, Boobs, as Seen by John Henry, →OCLC, page 75

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   [BURNS AND ENSEMBLE]: Look at all those idiots. Oh, look at all those boobs. An office full of morons. A factory full of fools. Is it any wonder that I'm singing, singing the blues!?

   1990, “Look At All Those Idiots” (track 9), in The Simpsons Sing The Blues (1990), performed by The Simpsons

   He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.

   2008 April 30, “Cher: I was crazy about Tom Cruise”, in Marie Claire

2. UKinformalA mistake.

present singular third person boobs · participle present boobing · participle past boobed · past boobed

1. To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.

   After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.

   1969, Colin Watson, The Flaxborough Chronicle, →OCLC, page 250

2. informalintransitiveTo make a mistake.

   ...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.

   1969, “Alchemy”, in The Canadian Forum, volume 49, page 211

plural boobs

1. colloquialslangA breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

   Tough luck. Too quick in covering to let them see her boobs.

   1935, James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan; A Trilogy, →OCLC, Judgement Day

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   Her boob had fallen out of her nightgown and now lay limp against the stained sheet.

   1974, Ernest Brawley, The Rap, page 256

   Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob was written to help families who have been affected by breast cancer.

   2013, Kim Haskan, Mommy Has a Boo Boo in Her Boob, book cover

   Synonyms: breasts

plural boobs

1. AustraliaUSA prison; jail.First known use 20th c.

   I begin to feel homesick for the easy drifting of boob. I guess the fact is I'm afraid of life, haven't got the guts to be a real criminal.

   1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 29

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   Then he got or was brought back to Mongumber he was tired to a tree and was belted by the white officer in charge put into the boob that they have ther I think of cause we cant say for a certain he was brought out of the boob dead or nearly.

   1927, William Cooper, letter, in Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 26