Bobo

/ˈboʊboʊ/ noun

Definition

slang for a clown or silly person, or a member of the 'bourgeois bohemian' class.

Etymology

As slang, likely from Spanish 'bobo' (fool), or onomatopoeia from the sound of something silly. 'Bobo' as a sociological term was coined in the 1990s by David Brooks.

Kelly Says

David Brooks created 'Bobo' (Bourgeois Bohemian) to describe wealthy people who live like bohemians—fancy coffee shops, vintage clothes, but expensive—and it perfectly captured a real cultural shift!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ቦቦ
bo-bo
ARالعربية
بوبو
bo-bo
BNবাংলা
বোবো
bo-bo
CACatalà
bobo
bo-bo
CSČeština
bobo
bo-bo
DADansk
bobo
bo-bo
DEDeutsch
Bobo
bo-bo
ELΕλληνικά
μπομπός
bom-pos
ESEspañol
bobo
bo-bo
FAفارسی
بوبو
bo-bo
FISuomi
bobo
bo-bo
FRFrançais
bobo
bo-bo
GUGU
બોબો
bo-bo
HAHA
bobo
bo-bo
HEעברית
בובו
bo-bo
HIहिन्दी
बोबो
bo-bo
HUMagyar
bobo
bo-bo
IDBahasa Indonesia
bobo
bo-bo
IGIG
bọbọ
bo-bo
ITItaliano
bobo
bo-bo
JA日本語
ボボ
bo-bo
KKKK
бобо
bo-bo
KMKM
បោប
bo-bop
KO한국어
보보
bo-bo
MRMR
बोबो
bo-bo
MSBahasa Melayu
bobo
bo-bo
MYမြန်မာ
ဘိုဘို
ba-bo-bo
NLNederlands
bobo
bo-bo
NONorsk
bobo
bo-bo
PAPA
ਬੋਬੋ
bo-bo
PLPolski
bobo
bo-bo
PTPortuguês
bobo
bo-bo
RORomână
bobo
bo-bo
RUРусский
бобо
bo-bo
SVSvenska
bobo
bo-bo
SWKiswahili
bobo
bo-bo
TAதமிழ்
போபோ
po-po-bo
TEతెలుగు
బొబొ
bo-bo
THไทย
บ็อบ
bop
TLTL
bobo
bo-bo
TRTürkçe
bobo
bo-bo
UKУкраїнська
бобо
bo-bo
URاردو
بوبو
bo-bo
VITiếng Việt
bô bô
bo-bo
YOYO
bobo
bo-bo
ZH中文
波波
bō bō
ZUZU
bobo
bo-bo

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