name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bobo
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈboʊboʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -oʊboʊ
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CMU ARPABET: B OW1 B OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A barangay of Piagapo, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
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noun
Meaning 3
A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
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noun
Meaning 4
A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician).
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noun
Meaning 5
An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.
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noun
Meaning 6
A boo-boo (a minor injury).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Louisiana, Montreal
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noun
Meaning 7
A people indigenous to Burkina Faso, Africa.
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative letter-case form of bobo (“a bourgeois-bohemian”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Etymology
Blend of bourgeois + bohemian, popularized by American journalist, commentator and editor David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.
Borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”).