bobo

[ boh-boh ]

/ ˈboʊ boʊ /

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

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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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

Quickly I grabbed my Gaga Bobo, stuffed a corner under my nose, shoved my thumb back into my mouth.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’|Eileen Cronin|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She greeted me with her exuberant year-old Yorkie Bobo at her side.
The Business of Sex: Amy Tan’s ‘The Valley of Amazement’ on Shanghai Courtesans|Jane Ciabattari|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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 Penney|Josh Wool|December 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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.
Uh, Mom, About That Prostitute…|Quinn Bradlee|March 31, 2009|DAILY BEAST

The infamous Bobo was telling people that I had slept with a hooker.
Uh, Mom, About That Prostitute…|Quinn Bradlee|March 31, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Margy suddenly remembered that when she had seen Bobo before he had been chained right at this little house.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope
It opens well with "'Sling me over a two-eyed steak, Bill,' said Bobo."
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
Bobo's red eyes expanded and the ruff on the back of his neck began to rise.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope
But soon Bobo smelled the children out and leaped, whining, against the door of the cabin.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope
At last one day she asked the children who they meant by "Bobo."
Stranger Than Fiction|Mary L. Lewes