bama

American  

[bam-uh] / ˈbæm ə /

Or 'bama

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person from Alabama or the southern U.S..

   I’m proud to be a bama.

2. an unsophisticated, unfashionable, or ignorant person; a hick.

   All these bamas don’t know a thing.

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adjective

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to Alabama or the southern U.S.: a celebration of bama blackness.

   spicy ‘bama flavors;

   a celebration of bama blackness.

2. of or characteristic of a hick; unsophisticated, unfashionable, or ignorant.

   Those boots are so bama.

Usage

What else does bama mean? Bama, a clipped form of Alabama, is a nickname of the University of Alabama, the state, and the people who live there. Bama also popularly refers to the university’s successful SEC (Southeastern Conference) football program. The term bama can also be used as slang for someone who is unstylish, unsophisticated, or uncool.

Etymology

Origin of bama

Shortening of Alabama

Example Sentences

Kelce responded: "touché…. But no one from bama ever gave me a hard time…. s/o to the elephants."

From Fox News • Jan. 1, 2022

“It was always ‘that bama New York stuff.’

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2021

At first, his impassioned “bama lama bama loo”s make him sound like he’s jumping a censor’s hurdles to get on the radio.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2020

So I can decide wherever whether its auburn bama or ITT tech!

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2013

Even before the invitation from the News, however, Ala bama lawyers had begun responding to the article � in personal letters to Professor Frankel.

From Time Magazine Archive