bobo

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈboʊboʊ/

Definition of bobo

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
    “The small things—an olive grove or a small chapel—take on greater meaning to a Bobo on vacation.”
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noun

  1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
    “The small things—an olive grove or a small chapel—take on greater meaning to a Bobo on vacation.”
  2. A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician).
  3. An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.
  4. (Louisiana, Montreal)A boo-boo (a minor injury).
  5. (plural, plural-only)A people indigenous to Burkina Faso, Africa.
  6. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of bobo (“a bourgeois-bohemian”).

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A barangay of Piagapo, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Blend of bourgeois + bohemian, popularized by American journalist, commentator and editor David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.

Anagrams of bobo

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

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Words you can make from bobo

4 playable · top: BOOB (8 pts)

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3-letter words

2 words

2-letter words

1 word

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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