bujo

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noun

A confidence trick in which the victim is falsely diagnosed with a curse or other ailment that can supposedly only be cured by the trickster.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

bujo1

nounbujo (uncountable)
  1. 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

nounbujo (plural bujos)

plural bujos

  1. 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 38
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    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.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bujo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bujo.

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