bobo

American  

[boh-boh] / ˈboʊ boʊ /

noun

plural

bobos

1. Informal. a liberal, highly educated person who combines a bourgeois, affluent lifestyle with nonconformist values and attitudes.

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Etymology

Origin of bobo

1995-2000; bo(urgeois) ¹ + bo(hemian); from the book Bobos in Paradise by U.S. journalist David Brooks

Example Sentences

Both Mora y Araujo and Balague point out that the insult Messi chose for Weghorst - "bobo" - is a word that only "kids use".

From BBC • May 29, 2023

Isabel Marant’s collection had the designer’s typical bobo favourites – padded jackets, floral prints, frilly sandals – but a short red metallic dress had the shot of sheen that nodded to the glamour decade.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2016

Skip the bobo drinks and hydrate the traditional way with hot tea – or just the broth from the pho.

From US News • Sep. 20, 2013

If you frequent the kind of bobo saloons depicted on Portlandia and the like, then simply repeat the above paragraph—which is the one authentic recipe for "'s Postcolonial Tequila Julep"—to your suspender-clad mixologist.

From Slate • May 4, 2012

Isolina, do not imagine I am such a bobo.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne