bobo
[boh-boh]
- Informal. a liberal, highly educated person who combines a bourgeois, affluent lifestyle with nonconformist values and attitudes.
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Origin of bobo
1995-2000; bo(urgeois)1 + bo(hemian); from the book Bobos in Paradise by U.S. journalist David Brooks
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Examples from the Web for bobo
Contemporary Examples
Josh Wool caught up with the Kansas native at Bobo, one of his favorite West Village restaurants.
An Interview with Nickelson Wooster, Menswear Street Style Star and Creative Director of JC PenneyJosh Wool
December 7, 2012
I told Bobo that my friend was guilty of the same charge, but Bobo told everybody that only I had done it, and not my friend.
He said that he had never told lies about me, that he wished we were still friends, and that Bobo had spread all the stories.
The infamous Bobo was telling people that I had slept with a hooker.
Historical Examples
About 45 families left Bobo for Arkansas, and 15 families went to the North.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
Bobo would have preferred to go alone, but Eskiwin would take no denial.
In the Track of the TroopsR.M. Ballantyne
Padre Bobo gave us much information about the habits of these turtles.
The Young LlaneroW.H.G. Kingston
Bobo” his detractors might call him, or “tonto”—but never “pendejo” nor “traidor.
The Gilded ManClifford Smyth
He did not appear; it was evident that Bobo was afraid to come into his master's room.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the AmazonJules Verne