Meanings
bujo1
- uncountableA confidence trick in which the victim is falsely diagnosed with a curse or other ailment that can supposedly only be cured by the trickster.
He recalled the one where Gypsies ran a bujo scam, promising to cleanse supposedly cursed money and filching it instead.
2008 June 7, Jon Pareles, “He Still Loves New Orleans, and Now He’s Mad”, in New York Times
bujo2
plural bujos
- informalA bullet journal, a type of structured, aesthetically-oriented journal or planner.
My bujo is full of doodles, pencil-colored drawings, washi tape and post it notes.
2017 September, Jackie Loudin, “Bullet Journaling: It's Just My Style”, in Around Canton, page 382 more examples
On a rather ordinary Thursday morning I settled into my office in O'Connor House — pushing aside towering book stacks and reaching for my bujo (bullet journal) — when I heard a shrieking yowl down the hall.
2019 April 18, Krista Dalton, “Moxie may be 'banned' from O'Conner, but only out of love”, in The Kenyon Collegian, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, page 10[…] in my opinion, this free desktop app is an apt substitute for even the most bujo-crazed stationery fanatics.
2020 December 17, Angelina Zahajko, “I Reviewed the Internet's Best Study Apps, So You Don't Have to”, in The Innis Herald, Innis College, Toronto, ON, page 5
Origin
Clipping of Bullet Journal, a registered trademark, so named from the frequent use of bullet points to organize information in them.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
bujo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bujo
“bujo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bujo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bujo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bujo.
Source: bujo on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.