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

Now this not-so-long ago football laughingstock from a basketball haven has gone to the Rose Bowl and beaten Alabama, and I don’t care if it isn’t the real Rose Bowl anymore, or that it wasn’t Nick Saban’s Alabama, it was still Bama, and they looked pretty great stuffing Oklahoma in a locker a couple of weeks ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We write it on our whiteboard every game, ‘All about Bama,’ That’s all it’s ever about — Bama,” Simpson said.

From Los Angeles Times

Alabama receiver Germie Bernard added: “It adds an extra fuel to our fire knowing that everybody is doubting us and nobody wants to see ‘Bama win.

From Los Angeles Times

“Bama was ahead of the curve for years, I thought, with how they scheduled in the nonconference,” he explained, adding, “...They didn’t schedule for their fans — they scheduled to win championships. My hope is we can do the best thing, schedule to win championships and that includes a rivalry game for all that comes with that and all that it means. But if you get in those positions you gotta make a decision on what the priority is. It’s not an easy answer.”

From Los Angeles Times

In fact, Bama fans told me at halftime they were confident they’d win the ballgame even if their team started slow, wasn’t leading in yardage and forgot how to convert on third down.

From Los Angeles Times