# bobo
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboʊboʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -oʊboʊ
* Hyphenation: bo‧bo

### Etymology 1

Blend of bourgeois +‎ bohemian, popularized by David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.

#### Noun

bobo (plural bobos)
* A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
** 2000, David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise […] , Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 207:The small things—an olive grove or a small chapel—take on greater meaning to a Bobo on vacation.
** 2011 April 12, Alex Lobrano, “Bobo Heaven in Paris”, in T Magazine‎, retrieved 2019-06-26:Peruse the Paris papers these days and you'll notice an obsession with bobos: no, they're not a team of cheerleaders or a troupe of clowns, but rich, artsy types known as bourgeois bohemians, who are now pretty much the tip of Parisian tastemakers. So when friends who were recently staying in Saint Germain des Pres asked me where to go to people watch, I told them to head for the Ninth Arrondissement citadel of bobo cool.
* A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician)
* An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”).

#### Noun

bobo (plural bobos)
* (Louisiana, Montreal) A boo-boo (minor injury)

##### See also

* Bobo doll

### References

* ↑ David Brooks (2000) Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN

### Anagrams

* boob, obbo

## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

### Noun

bobo
* fish trap

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* obobo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ.bɔ/

### Interjection

bobo
* alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

#### See also

* kúkú
* mos

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbobo/ [ˈbo.bo]
* Hyphenation: bo‧bo

### Adjective

bóbo (feminine boba, Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)
* stupid; foolish
    Synonyms: patal, palpal, pangol, torpe

### Noun

bóbo (feminine boba, Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)
* fool; idiot; simpleton; dunce
    Synonyms: tonto, tonta, kabakab
* (uncommon) clown
    Synonyms: payaso, komiko

#### Derived terms

* kabobohan
* pagkabobo

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboː.boː/
* Hyphenation: bo‧bo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo bobo, from Portuguese bobo or alternatively Spanish bobo.

#### Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)
* (Suriname) sucker, fool
    Synonyms: domkop, sufferd, sukkel

### Etymology 2

Shortening of bondsbons. Said to be coined by Joop Niezen in 1978. Popularised in 1988 by Ruud Gullit, whose usage was likely influenced by etymology 1.

#### Noun

bobo m (plural bobo's)
* (Netherlands) football bigwig [from late 1970s or early 1980s]
** 1983 November 10, M.H., "Bobo's", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , vol. 96, no. 265, page 19.
    Drukke dagen voor bobo's in het Noorden.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Netherlands, by extension) any bigwig [from late 1980s]

### References

* ↑ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
* ↑ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bo.bo/

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)
* (childish) boo-boo (pain or injury)

### Etymology 2

Blend of bourgeois +‎ bohème.

#### Noun

bobo m or f by sense (plural bobos)
* bobo, boho
** 2016, Mathilde Ramadier, Alberto Madrigal, Berlin 2.0, Futuropolis, →ISBN, page 47:Et d’un point de vue sociologique, mieux vaut commander un simple café au lait pour préserver les berlinois des bobos et des hipsters.And from a sociological point of view, it is better to order a simple white coffee to protect Berliners from the bobos and the hipsters.

### Further reading

* “bobo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

Compare Louisiana Creole bo.

### Verb

bobo
* (Saint-Domingue) to kiss
    Mo bobo ly là su bouche. ― I kiss her there on the mouth.

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: bo

### References

* S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

## Hiligaynon
### Verb

bóbó or bôbô
* to pour out or over

### Noun

bóbo
* baptism without ceremony

## Japanese
### Romanization

bobo
* Rōmaji transcription of ぼぼ

## Luba-Kasai
### Pronoun

bobo
* them

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

### Noun

bobo
* fish trap

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

Borrowed from a West African language. Compare Krio bɔbɔ (“boy”), Adangme bɔbɔ (“little boy”) and Vai bɔbɔ (“little”).

### Noun

bobo
* boy, guy, young man
* boyfriend
** 2018, “Lekki Pastor sextape: "Delete your naked picture from your bobo phone before e too late"”, in BBC News Pidgin‎:"'Make pipo delete dia naked foto and videos from dia bobo or girlfriend phone before e dey too late' na wetin di girl wey her sex video wit one Lagos pastor leak online tell BBC News Pidgin."(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* → Yoruba: bọbọ

### References

* ↑ Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44

## Polabian
### Alternative forms

* bobă, babă

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔˈbɔ/

### Noun

bobo f
* old woman
* midwife
    Synonym: bopkă

#### Related terms

* bopkă f (“midwife”)

### References

* Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “babə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 22
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “bobo”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
* Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Boba, Bobo”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 65

## Polish
### Etymology

From nursery language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.bɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔbɔ
* Syllabification: bo‧bo

### Noun

bobo n (indeclinable)
* (endearing) baby, child
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dziecko
    małe bobo ― a small baby
    ryczące bobo ― a howling baby
    słodkie bobo ― a sweet baby
    zdrowe bobo ― a healthy baby
    bobo w wózku ― a baby in a carriage

#### Derived terms

* bobas
* bobasek

### Further reading

* bobo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bobo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbo.bu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbo.bu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbo.bo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbo.bu/ [ˈbo.βu]
* Rhymes: -obu
* Hyphenation: bo‧bo

### Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas) (Brazil)
* silly, stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
* naive
    Synonyms: cândido, ingénuo/ingênuo

### Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)
* (historical) jester (person who amused a medieval court)
    Synonym: bobo da corte
* (chiefly Brazil) a stupid or naive person; a fool
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

#### Derived terms

* bobagem
* bobalhão
* bobão
* bobinho
* bobo da corte
* boboca

#### Descendants

* Principense: bóbo
* Sranan Tongo: bobo

## Spanish
### Etymology

Derived from Latin balbus (“stuttering”), influenced by sound symbolism.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbobo/ [ˈbo.β̞o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -obo
* Syllabification: bo‧bo

### Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)
* stupid, silly, naive
    Synonym: tonto

#### Derived terms

* a lo bobo
* abobar
* bobada
* bobear
* bobería
* caja boba
* calabobos
* cazabobos
* comerse la sopa boba
* el vivo vive del bobo
* embobar
* engañabobos
* tortuga boba

### Noun

bobo m (plural bobos, feminine boba, feminine plural bobas)
* a stupid or naive person; a fool
    ¡No seas bobo! ― Don't be an idiot!

#### Usage notes

* Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.

#### Derived terms

* a lo bobo
* bobo de Coria
* entre bobos anda el juego
* hacer el bobo
* hacerse el bobo

#### Descendants

* ⇒ English: booby
* → Tagalog: bobo

### Further reading

* “bobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From Portuguese bobo. Cognate of Principense bóbo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbobo/, [ˈbʊ̞bʊ̞], [ˈbɔ̝bɔ̝]

### Noun

bobo
* dolt, dweeb, wimp

### Adjective

bobo
* doltish, sluggish

### Verb

bobo
* to behave like a dolt

### References

* ↑ Norval H.S. Smith (1987) The genesis of the creole languages of Surinam (PhD), Universiteit van Amsterdam, page 80

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* bubo
* 8080 — leetspeak

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbobo/ [ˈboː.bo]
* Rhymes: -obo
* Syllabification: bo‧bo

### Noun

bobo (feminine boba, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)
* (offensive) fool; idiot; simpleton; dunce
* (uncommon) clown; jester
    Synonyms: payaso, arlekin

### Adjective

bobo (feminine boba, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)
* (offensive) stupid; foolish; silly
    Synonym: tanga
** 2021, Nitz Miralles, “Lauren ‘pinatulan’ si DJ Loonyo”, in Pang-Masa:Aliw na aliw kami sa pagpatol ni Lauren Young sa fans ni DJ Loonyo na binash siya dahil sa comment sa pagsusuot ng face mask. Na-bash si Lauren sa tweet niyang “Omg i just saw this!! Ang bobo shet ang bobo. Flatearther ka rin ba koyah??”(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* ambobo
* bobotante
* konsuwelo de-bobo
* mabobo
* magpakabobo
* nakakabobo

## Ternate
### Etymology

Compare Tobelo boboro (“nipa”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbo.bo/

### Noun

bobo (Jawi بوبو)
* the nipa palm

### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh