Meanings
yobo1
plural yobos
- alternativeAlternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”).
yobo2
plural yobos
- historicalgovernmentA soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute.
Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves).
2019, Ron Cook, On Guard in the General's Chorus, page 2 - HawaiiA Korean person.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna cruel and brutal fellow
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Korean여보
- Korean여보
- Englishyobo
Borrowed from Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”).
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Cite this entry
yobo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yobo
“yobo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yobo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yobo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yobo.
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