What does Bobo mean in Australia?

[ boh-boh ] show ipa. noun,plural bo·bos. Informal. a liberal, highly educated person who combines a bourgeois, affluent lifestyle with nonconformist values and attitudes.

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What is the English word for bobo?

stupid / dumb (adj.)

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Where did the phrase bobo come from?

The term "bobo" was coined by David Brooks in his book Bobos in Paradise (2000). This identifies the rich progressives living in Greenwich Village in New York as a contraction of "bourgeois bohemian". The expression was used to refer to a particular French socio-economic group.

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Who coined the term bobo?

The word “bobo” is short for “bohemian bourgeois,” a curious combination of two terms that would normally be placed in opposition. It was coined in 2000 by David Brooks in his book Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There.

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What is a bobo for a baby?

Bobo is a soft toy that is specifically made for babies.

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Is bobo bad word?

The usage of bobo is mostly to insult the other party in Tagalog.

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What does bobo mean in other languages?

British English: foolish ADJECTIVE /ˈfuːlɪʃ/ Brazilian Portuguese: bobo. Chinese: 愚蠢的 European Spanish: tonto. French: stupide.

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What is bobo in Japan?

"Saru" is the Japanese word for monkey, and "bobo" is the word for baby in the dialect of Takayama.

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What does bobo mean in Vietnam?

Bobo, Vietnamese name for Job's tears, a plant of south-east Asia.

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Does bobo mean love?

Bobo is your best friend, who's a brother or sister to you that isn't your actual sibling. It's like a bestie BUT BETTER.

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What does bobo mean in Korean?

This is another word for dumb or stupid.

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What does bobo mean in Philippines?

Example sentence for the Tagalog word bobo, meaning: [noun] fool; idiot; [adjective] stupid; dumb; foolish. Put your mouse over (or tap, for mobile devices) any Filipino word to see its translation in English. Stressed vowels in the example sentence are underlined. Bobo ka!

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What does bobo mean in Russian?

For his wit, wisdom and erudition, people called Sheykh Zayniddin as "bobo", meaning "grandfather".

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What does bobo mean in Africa?

"Bobo" is a term used in the Igbo language, which is spoken in Nigeria, to refer to someone who is foolish or naive.

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What is bobo mean in Chinese?

father's elder brother uncle. Example Usage. 老伯伯 lǎo bó bo. grandpa (polite form of address for old man)

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What language is bobo?

The Bobo language is a Mande language of Burkina Faso and Mali; the western city of Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the Bobo people. It consists of Southern and Northern dialect. The Northern dialect is also known as Konabéré.

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What does bobo mean in Dominican slang?

Word forms: bobo, boba. (= tonto) silly ⧫ stupid. (= ingenuo) simple ⧫ naïve.

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What is a bobo in French slang?

Bobo is a portmanteau word used to describe the socio-economic bourgeois-bohemian group in France, the French analogue to the English notion of the "champagne socialist".

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What does bobo mean in Latin?

fool. More meanings for bobo. fool noun. tonto, necio, idiota, imbécil, bufón. silly adjective.

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What is bobo chic in English?

Boho-chic is a style of fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, which, at its height in late 2005 was associated particularly with actress Sienna Miller, model Kate Moss in the United Kingdom and actress/businesswoman Mary-Kate Olsen in the United States.

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Does bobo mean dumb?

You see, the word bobo (BOH-boh) means “silly” in Spanish. Which is easy to remember since that's what it sounds like. Some translators will use “stupid” or “idiot”, but those words have their Spanish cognates that sound as harsh as they do in English.

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What is bobo in Argentina?

Lat Am Spain. Word forms: bobo, boba. adjective. (= tonto) silly ⧫ stupid.

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Is bobo a bad word in Argentina?

Calling someone stupid

These are low-level bad words. However, the tone is what matters. Estúpido/a: stupid. Bobo/a: dumb.

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What does bobo mean Cantonese?

bóbo. *伯伯* | 伯伯* | *伯伯 father's elder brother / uncle.

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