bama

or 'bam·a

[ bam-uh ]

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.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bama¹

Shortening of Alabama